ADJECTIVE | all | apocrine | (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion |
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Meaning | (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion. | |
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Example | "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion" | |
Opposite | eccrine | (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell |
Spanish | apocrino | |
Catalan | apocrí |
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