ECCRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eccrine mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECCRINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Antonym:

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

 Context examples 

A hamartoma characterized by localized eccrine sweat gland malformation.

(Eccrine Sweat Gland Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma with eccrine differentiation arising from the sweat glands.

(Eccrine Porocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Hidradenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare tumor characterized by malignant transformation of an eccrine spiradenoma of the breast.

(Malignant Breast Eccrine Spiradenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of eccrine ducts in the dermis containing intraluminal papillary projections.

(Papillary Eccrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include sebaceous carcinoma, apocrine carcinoma, eccrine carcinoma, and pilomatrical carcinoma.

(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the following subtypes: ductal eccrine adenocarcinoma, papillary eccrine carcinoma, and eccrine porocarcinoma.

(Eccrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Another type of gland (eccrine gland or simple sweat gland) produces most sweat.

(Apocrine gland, NCI Dictionary)

A non-metastasizing eccrine appendage sweat gland neoplasm.

(Benign Eccrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, congenital skin lesion consisting of a proliferation of eccrine glands with a vascular stroma.

(Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)