ECCRINE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature

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Antonym:

apocrine ((of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion)

Clonal proliferations arising from adnexal skin structures including hair follicles, and apocrine and eccrine glands and ducts.

(Adnexal Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A benign cystic proliferation of the sweat glands with apocrine or eccrine differentiation.

(Hidrocystoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma with eccrine differentiation arising from the sweat glands.

(Eccrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)