/ek"seuh krin, -kruyn', -kreen'/ , Anat., Physiol.
adj.
1. secreting to an epithelial surface.
2. of or pertaining to an exocrine gland or its secretion.
n.
3. an external secretion.
4. See exocrine gland . Cf. endocrine .
[ 1910-15; EXO- + -crine krínein to separate ]