- Eccrine
Eccrine may refer to:
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Merocrine
*Eccrine sweat glands
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eccrine — ● eccrine adjectif Se dit d une glande dont le canal excréteur s ouvre directement à la surface de la peau et non dans un follicule pilo sébacé … Encyclopédie Universelle
eccrine — [ek′rin, ekrīn΄, ek′rēn΄] adj. [< Gr ekkrinein, to separate, secrete: see EX 1 & ENDOCRINE] designating or of the common sweat glands of the human body that secrete the clear, watery sweat important in heat regulation: see APOCRINE … English World dictionary
eccrine — /ek rin, ruyn, reen/, adj. Physiol. 1. of or pertaining to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine). 2. of or pertaining to secretions of … Universalium
eccrine — 1. SYN: exocrine (1). 2. Denoting the flow of sweat from skin glands unconnected to hair follicles. [G. ek krino, to secrete] * * * ec·crine ek rən, .rīn, .rēn adj of, relating to, having, or being eccrine glands compare APOCRINE … Medical dictionary
Eccrine sweat gland — Latin glandula sudorifera merocrina; glandula sudorifera eccrina Code TH H3.12.00.3.03009 … Wikipedia
eccrine gland — n any of the rather small sweat glands that produce a fluid secretion without removing cytoplasm from the secreting cells and that are restricted to the human skin called also eccrine sweat gland * * * eccrine sweat gland an ordinary, or simple,… … Medical dictionary
Eccrine sweat glands — (sometimes merocrine sweat glands) are coiled tubular glands derived from the outer layer of skin but extending into the inner layer used for body temperature regulation. In humans and many other species, they are distributed over almost the… … Wikipedia
eccrine duct — eccrine sweat duct the duct of an eccrine sweat gland … Medical dictionary
eccrine gland — noun Etymology: Greek ekkrinein to secrete, from ek , ex out + krinein to separate more at certain Date: circa 1927 any of the rather small sweat glands in the human skin that produce a fluid secretion without removing cytoplasm from the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
eccrine sweat gland — noun see eccrine gland … New Collegiate Dictionary
