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“apocrine gland”
apocrine gland (s), apocrine glands (pl) (noun forms)
Any of the large sweat glands that produce both a fluid and an apocrine secretion.
They are restricted in men to hairy regions of the body, and are lined by a single layer of tall columnar cells with acidophile cytoplasm (thriving in a relatively acid environment).
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apo-, ap-, aph-
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crin-, crino- (secrete) +
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