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perieccrine

perieccrine adjective: surrounding a sweat gland.

Adjective

perieccrine (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a sweat gland

Origin of perieccrine

From peri- + eccrine.

Questions about perieccrine

What does perieccrine mean?
Perieccrine means surrounding a sweat gland.
What part of speech is perieccrine?
Perieccrine is an adjective.

Words near perieccrine in the dictionary

  1. periduodenal
  2. periduodenitis
  3. peridural
  4. peridynamic
  5. peridynamics
  6. perieccrine
  7. periecian
  8. periecians
  9. periegeses
  10. periegesis
  11. periegete

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