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merocrine

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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Merocrine cells have several full secretion cycles — the merocrine secretion cell does not die when it secretes into the lumen of the gland.
  • The planum rostrale of pigs has tactile (sinus) hairs distributed over the surface and numerous large merocrine sweat glands.

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