EXOCRINE


Meaning of EXOCRINE in English

[ 'ɛksə(ʊ)krʌɪn , -krɪn ]

■ adjective Physiology relating to or denoting glands which secrete their products through ducts opening on to an epithelial surface.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from exo- + Gk krinein 'sift'.

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