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Word: Eccrine
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
1930s: from Greek ekkrinein ‘secrete’, from ek- ‘out’ + krinein ‘sift, separate’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛkrʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛkrɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or denoting multicellular glands which do not lose cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands.
Short Definition:of multicellular glands which do not lose cytoplasm in their secretions
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