apocrine

adjective Physiology.

1. of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
2. of or relating to such secretions: apocrine sweat.

adjective

1. denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glandsCompare merocrine, holocrine

adj.

1. Of or relating to an apocrine gland or its secretions.

n.

1. The apocrine gland.