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单词 eccrine
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Definition of eccrine in English:

eccrine

adjective ˈɛkrɪnˈɛkrʌɪnˈekˌrēn
Medicine
  • Relating to or denoting multicellular glands which do not lose cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands.

    〔医〕分泌腺的;外分泌腺的。比较APOCRINE

    Compare with apocrine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Histologically, they have a central plate composed of immature elastic cartilage and are surrounded by adipose tissue, hair follicles, pilosebaceous units, and eccrine glands.
    • A newly described variant of superficial lipoma, adenolipoma, is characterized by the presence of eccrine sweat glands in the fatty tumor; this type is often located on the proximal parts of the limbs.
    • Physiological sweating from cutaneous eccrine glands maintains normothermia and skin hydration.
    • The sweat from the apocrine glands is thicker than that produced by the eccrine glands.
    • Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis is a common condition in which the eccrine glands of the palms and soles secrete inappropriately large quantities of sweat.

Origin

1930s: from Greek ekkrinein 'secrete', from ek- 'out' + krinein 'sift, separate'.

Definition of eccrine in US English:

eccrine

adjectiveˈekˌrēn
Medicine
  • Relating to or denoting multicellular glands that do not lose cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands found widely distributed on the skin.

    〔医〕分泌腺的;外分泌腺的。比较APOCRINE

    Compare with apocrine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis is a common condition in which the eccrine glands of the palms and soles secrete inappropriately large quantities of sweat.
    • Physiological sweating from cutaneous eccrine glands maintains normothermia and skin hydration.
    • The sweat from the apocrine glands is thicker than that produced by the eccrine glands.
    • A newly described variant of superficial lipoma, adenolipoma, is characterized by the presence of eccrine sweat glands in the fatty tumor; this type is often located on the proximal parts of the limbs.
    • Histologically, they have a central plate composed of immature elastic cartilage and are surrounded by adipose tissue, hair follicles, pilosebaceous units, and eccrine glands.

Origin

1930s: from Greek ekkrinein ‘secrete’, from ek- ‘out’ + krinein ‘sift, separate’.

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