| 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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