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adjective Physiology.
1.
of or pertaining to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
2.
of or pertaining to such secretions: apocrine sweat.
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apocrine ap·o·crine (āp'ə-krĭn, -krīn', -krēn')
adj.
Of or relating to an apocrine gland or its secretions. n.
The apocrine gland.
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