ADJECTIVE
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(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
mother's milk is one apocrine secretion
How To Use apocrine In A Sentence
- The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus.
- The smell is made by the bacteria that feed on this sweat, which comes from the apocrine glands in the armpits and groin area.
- Although sclerosing adenosis, apocrine metaplasia, duct ectasia, lipoma, fat necrosis, and mastitis are scary sounding, they aren't serious and do not increase risk of breast cancer. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- The skin of the auditory canal contains many sebaceous glands and modified apocrine (ceruminal) glands and variable numbers of hair follicles.
- The glandular epithelium resembles that seen in apocrine sweat glands.
- Then my dog starts air-scenting him because now he ` s all pumped up with what ` s called apocrine. CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009
- Sam Shuster, professor of dermatology at the University of East Anglia, believes the revolutionary thinker had hidradenitis suppurativa HS in which the apocrine sweat glands – found mainly in the armpits and groin – become blocked and inflamed. Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Marx didn’t hate capitalism, he just had bad skin
- On the other hand, the sweat that comes from the "apocrine" glands (usually located under the arm pits, the genital areas and around the nipples) contain proteins and oily substances that bacteria can feed on and break down to cause body odour. MyLinkVault Newest Links
- The other type of sweat-producing gland, the apocrine glands, develop at puberty and are concentrated in the armpits and pubic region.
- Tubular apocrine adenoma is an uncommon adnexal adenoma mostly located on the head and neck.