merocrine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major damage to the secretory cells.

Word forms

merocrine

Etymology

From mero- (“partial”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).

Synonyms

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