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

Antonym: apocrine

Encyclopedia: Eccrine

• dog's mercury
• dog's-tooth violet
• dog-day cicada
• dog-ear
• dog-eared
• dog-iron
• dog-sized
• dog-tired
• dogbane
• dogbane family
• dogberry
• dogcart
• doge
• dogfight
• dogfighter
• dogfish
• dogged
• doggedly
• doggedness
• dogger
• doggerel
• doggerel verse
• doggie
• doggie bag
• dogging