HyperDic: apocrine

English > 1 sense of the word apocrine:
ADJECTIVEallapocrine(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
English > apocrine: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion.
Example"mother's milk is one apocrine secretion"
Oppositeeccrine(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell
Spanishapocrino
Catalanapocrí

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