Associations to the word «Eccrine»

Wiktionary

ECCRINE, adjective. Pertaining to a certain type of sweat gland; merocrine.
ECCRINE, adjective. Pertaining to sweat.
ECCRINE, adjective. Exocrine.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope