APOCRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apocrine mean? 

• APOCRINE (adjective)
  The adjective APOCRINE has 1 sense:

1. (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion

  Familiarity information: APOCRINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOCRINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion

Context example:

mother's milk is one apocrine secretion

Antonym:

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

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the proliferation of epithelial cells with extensive apocrine metaplasia.

(Breast Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Microcalcifications and foci of apocrine metaplasia may be present.

(Breast Sclerosing Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be associated with apocrine changes or sclerosis.

(Breast Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include apocrine adenoma, tubular adenoma, and pleomorphic adenoma.

(Breast Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hamartoma characterized by localized apocrine sweat gland malformation.

(Apocrine Sweat Gland Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by pruritic papular eruptions in areas with apocrine glands.

(Fox-Fordyce Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive breast adenocarcinoma with cytological and immunophenotypic characteristics of apocrine differentiation in more than 90 percent of the malignant cells.

(Invasive Apocrine Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction.

(Miliaria, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A benign cystic proliferation of the sweat glands with apocrine or eccrine differentiation.

(Hidrocystoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma with apocrine and less often eccrine differentiation, arising from the sweat glands.

(Hidradenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)