Associations to the word «Apocrine»

Wiktionary

APOCRINE, adjective. (anatomy) (biology) (histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
APOCRINE GLAND, noun. (anatomy) Any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion
APOCRINE GLANDS, noun. Plural of apocrine gland

Dictionary definition

APOCRINE, adjective. (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras