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holocrine

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holocrine /holo·crine/ (ho´lo-krin) exhibiting glandular secretion in which the entire secretory cell laden with its secretory products is cast off.
hol·o·crine (hl-krn, -krn, -krn, hl-)
adj.
Of or relating to a gland whose output consists of disintegrated secretory cells along with the secretory product itself.

holocrine
[hol′əkrēn]
Etymology: Gk, holos, whole, krienein, to secrete
pertaining to the secretion of a gland or the gland itself as well as the accumulated gland secretions.

holocrine
wholly secretory; that type of glandular secretion in which the entire cell forms the secreted matter of the gland, as in the sebaceous glands; cf. apocrine and merocrine.


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