| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| eccrine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ec·crine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k r n, -r n , -r n |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Relating to an eccrine gland or its secretion, especially sweat. 2. Exocrine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek ekkrnein, to secrete : ek-, out; see ecto– + krnein, to separate; see krei- in Appendix I.
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