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Definition: Apocrine |
ApocrineAdjective1. (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Antonym: eccrine (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Apocrine |
| English words defined with "apocrine": apocrine gland. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "apocrine": Apocrine Glands ♦ Hidradenitis, Hidradenitis Suppurativa. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Apocrine" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Apocrine" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "apocrine": apocrine gland ♦ Apocrine Glands. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apocrine gland | 11 |
apocrine metaplasia | 7 |
apocrine | 5 |
apocrine gland sweat | 4 |
apocrine clogged gland sweat | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "apocrine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | apokrin kirtel (apocrine gland), suppurativ hidrosadenit (apocrine akne, hidradenitis suppurativa, suppurative hidradenitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | apocriene klier (apocrine gland), acne apocrine (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), zweetklierabces (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), hidradenitis suppurativa (apocrine akne, hidradenitis suppurativa, suppurative hidradenitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | apocrine, sécréteur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | apokrin (secreting), apocrinus (secreting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποκρινής αδένας (apocrine gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | acne apocrina (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), idrosadenite suppurativa (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), ghiandola apocrina (apocrine gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アポクリン腺 (a posteriori, Apochromat, apocrine gland, apogee motor, apoptosis, apoptotic, aporia, apostrophe, telephone call made to get an appointment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アポクリンせ" (apocrine gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apocrineay glândula apócrina (apocrine gland). (various references) acné apocrina (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), hidrosadenitis supurativa (apocrine akne, suppurative hidradenitis), glándula apocrina (apocrine gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: caponier, procaine. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: apnoeic, caprine, porcine. | |
-2 letters: aeonic, apneic, carnie, coiner, copier, cornea, crepon, orcein, orpine, panier, picaro, pincer, prance, prince, rapine, recoin. | |
-3 letters: acorn, apron, areic, arpen, cairn, caner, canoe, caper, capon, carpi, ceria, copen, coper, copra, coria, crane, crape, cripe, crone, erica, irone, nacre, narco, naric, nicer, noria, ocean, ocrea, opera, opine, orcin, orpin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: caponiers, porcelain, procaines, proscenia. | |
+2 letters: complainer, importance, picarooned, porcelains, pratincole, precaution, saprogenic, scorpaenid. | |
+3 letters: aponeurotic, caparisoned, ceratopsian, chairperson, chaperoning, chiropteran, coappearing, complainers, cooperating, cooperation, copyreading, crepitation, deprecation, emancipator, importances, imprecation, incorporate, incorporeal, narcoleptic, necrophilia, neuropathic, nonoperatic, outcapering, percolating, percolation, perionychia, pilocarpine, pratincoles, precautions, precolonial, predication, preromantic, procreating, procreation, pyromancies, renographic, replication, reproaching, ropedancing, scorpaenids. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101111 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p o c r i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 006F 0063 0072 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3582816984758071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
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