holocrine /holo·crine/ (ho´lo-krin) exhibiting glandular secretion in which the entire secretory cell laden with its secretory products is cast off.
holocrine
hol·o·crine (h l  -kr n, -kr n , -kr n, h l-)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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