apocrine
Meaning of apocrine
adjective
relating to or denoting multicellular glands which release some of their cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands associated with hair follicles in the armpits and pubic regions.
early 20th century: from apo- + Greek krinein ‘to separate’.
Information about apocrine
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of apocrine
apoc-rine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- apocrine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of apocrine
Anagrams of apocrine
caponier, Coprinae, prionace, procaine
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