Relating to or denoting a type of gland or secretion that loses part of its cytoplasm in the secretion process, intermediate between apocrine and eccrine secretion.
From Greek apo- (away) + chol- (bile, relating to secretion) + -ic (adjectival suffix). Medical/biological terminology.
Apocholic secretion reveals nature's spectrum—cells can squeeze out products in three different ways (eccrine being clean, apocrine losing some cellular material, and holocrine exploding entirely), a classification that helps doctors understand gland diseases.
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