ECCRINE Definition & Meaning

eccrine

[ ek-rin, -rahyn, -reen ]

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adjective

Physiology.

of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat ( apocrine ).
of or relating to secretions of these glands:
eccrine sweat.
exocrine ( def ).

eccrine

/ ˈɛ��ɪ�� /

adjective

of or denoting glands that secrete externally, esp the numerous sweat glands on the human body Compare apocrine

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of eccrine¹

First recorded in 1925–30; from Greek ��ī́�Ա𾱲� “to secrete,” formed as if with -ine ¹( def ); eccrinology ( def ), endocrine ( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of eccrine¹

from Greek ekkrinein to secrete, from ek- ec- + krinein to separate

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Aluminum is often used for this, plugging up perspiration-producing glands called eccrine and apocrine glands, the latter of which are concentrated in the hairy parts of the body.

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That’s because there are two types of sweat glands present there: eccrine glands, which sweat out the salty watery stuff discussed above, and apocrine glands, which release a viscous waxy substance.

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Our eccrine glands, which Everts describes as “tiny, elongated tubas embedded in skin” with “extensive coiled piping” at the base, release fluid that evaporates off our hot skin.

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A recent study by Daniel Aldea of the University of Pennsylvania and his colleagues found that repeated mutations of a gene called Engrailed 1 may have led to this abundance of eccrine sweat glands.

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Apocrine secretions are milkier than eccrine secretions and are friendlier to bacterial growth.

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