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What does eccrine mean?

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Adjective
  1. Pertaining to a certain type of sweat gland; merocrine.
  2. Pertaining to sweat.
  3. Exocrine.
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The biopsy specimen showed a cystic tumor arising from a dilated eccrine duct.
Physiological sweating from cutaneous eccrine glands maintains normothermia and skin hydration.
Unlike the eccrine glands, they do not open directly onto the surface of the skin.
The sweat from the apocrine glands is thicker than that produced by the eccrine glands.
The skin contains two types of sudoriferous glands, the eccrine and apocrine, whose secretions can cause problematic body odour.
Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis is a common condition in which the eccrine glands of the palms and soles secrete inappropriately large quantities of sweat.

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