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eccrine, a. Physiol.|ˈɛkraɪn|
[ad. G. ekkrin (P. Schiefferdecker 1917, in Biol. Zentralblatt XXXVII. 534), f. Gr. ἐκκρίν-ειν to secrete.]
Of a sweat gland: secreting without loss of cell material. Cf. apocrine a.
1931L. McCarthy Histopath. Skin Dis. i. 33 In man we differentiate two types of sweat gland; the small glands (called by Schiefferdecker èccrine glands) which occur in large numbers all over the surface of the body and the large or apocrine glands occurring in special locations. 1960[see parasympatholytic a. (n.)]. 1974Nature 11 Jan. 115/2 One of the characteristics of cystic fibrosis (CF)..is a defect in the net sodium transport in the eccrine glands. 1979Homes & Gardens Oct. 213 There are two kinds of sweat glands, the eccrine, which are spread practically all over the body, and the apocrine, which are found mainly under the arms and in the pubic areas. 1985New Scientist 9 May 46/3 Non-volar eccrine glands are found in all species of Old World primates but function in thermoregulatory sweating only in two. |