eccrine

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The condition is known as idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis, and one of the symptom is 'acute tendonitis' dubbed as Wiitis and now added PlayStation palmar hidradenitis

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  1. adjective Relating to an eccrine gland or its secretion, especially sweat.
  2. adjective Exocrine.

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  • They are the apocrine, eccrine, and sebaceous glands. —  Buchanan, Edna - Cold Case Squad (v1.0) (html).html
  • Swiss researchers originally diagnosed her condition "idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis," a skin disorder that causes red, sore lumps on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet of physically active kids. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • In humans, they occur within the basal epidermis, being concentrated in eccrine glandular ridges of glabrous skin and in Haarscheiben of hairy skin, within belt-like clusters of hair follicles, and in certain mucosal tissues. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The condition is known as idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis, and one of the symptom is 'acute tendonitis' dubbed as Wiitis and now added PlayStation palmar hidradenitis —  gameshogun
  • Our bodies have two types of sweat glands; eccrine and apocrine sweat glands. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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  1. From Greek ekkrīnein, to secrete : ek-, out; see ecto- + krīnein, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.
 

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