See Also: Apocrine(medicine)
apocrine(dictionary)
apocrine adenoma(medicine)
apocrine carcinoma(medicine)
apocrine gland(medicine)
apocrine glands(medicine)
apocrine metaplasia(medicine)
apocrine miliaria(medicine)
apocrine sweat glands(medicine)

apocrine (iou)



apocrine adjective. E20.
[from APO- + Greek krinein to separate.]
Physiology. Designating or pertaining to glands which lose some of their cytoplasm during secretion, esp. sweat glands opening into hair follicles (e.g. in the armpits and pubic region). Cf. ECCRINE, HOLOCRINE, MEROCRINE.