adjective Physiology.
- of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- of or relating to secretions of these glands: eccrine sweat.
- exocrine.
adjective
- of or denoting glands that secrete externally, esp the numerous sweat glands on the human bodyCompare apocrine
adj.
- Relating to an eccrine gland or its secretion, as of sweat.
- Exocrine.