Associations to the word «Apocrine»

APOCRINE, adjective. (anatomy) (biology) (histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.

APOCRINE GLAND, noun. (anatomy) Any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion

APOCRINE GLANDS, noun. Plural of apocrine gland

APOCRINE, adjective. (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".