How to Use eccrine in a Sentence

eccrine

adjective
Definition of eccrinenext
  • Most of your sweat ducts are eccrine glands that pump out a clear and odorless fluid.
    — ​jessica Migala, SELF, 31 May 2022
  • The other glands, the eccrine glands, are located throughout the body.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 1 July 2022
  • Lu upped the ante, tracking stress in an area of the body that contains the highest concentration of eccrine sweat glands: the palm.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Most of us have between 2 and 5 million of eccrine sweat glands sprinkled across our whole body, including the armpit.
    — Sarah Everts, Time, 21 July 2021
  • The type of sweat produced from the eccrine glands is what most often occurs in hyperhidrosis.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Mammals are the only type of animals with eccrine sweat glands, though these glands are sometimes used to help animals grip rather than cool down in the heat.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Mammals have three types of sweat glands: apocrine, sebaceous and eccrine.
    — Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
  • Humans have more eccrine sweat glands than any other primate.
    — Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
  • Clear, fluid eccrine sweat, produced in much larger quantities, spreads the apocrine over a larger surface area — and the stench along with it.
    — Jessica Festa, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2015
  • Your eccrine glands are turned on and start sweating due to anxiety, stress, anger, humidity or heat, and sometimes even food.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • The loss of hair on our bodies and the development of eccrine sweat glands were important evolutionary events, perhaps as important as the use of tools or fire.
    — Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
  • Right now, scientists collect eccrine sweat gland data from the palm by attaching gel electrodes with dangling wires that connect to a wristwatch.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • An eccrine route of excretion probably produced chromhidrosis.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2013
  • According to the International Hyperhidrosis Society, there are approximately two to four million sweat glands all over our bodies, the majority of which are eccrine glands and excrete a clear, odorless fluid.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 17 June 2022

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