HOLOCRINE


Meaning of HOLOCRINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -krən, -ˌkrīn, -ˌkrēn ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + Greek krin ein to separate — more at certain

Date: circa 1905

: producing or being a secretion resulting from lysis of secretory cells

holocrine sebaceous glands

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