New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mérocrine — ● mérocrine adjectif féminin Glandes mérocrines, glandes dont les cellules se vident des produits élaborés par elles, sans destruction du protoplasme. (C est le cas général.) [S oppose à apocrine, holocrine.] ● mérocrine (expressions) adjectif… … Encyclopédie Universelle
merocrine — [mer′ō krin, mer′ōkrīn΄, mer′ōkrēn΄] adj. 〚< Gr meros, part + krinein, to separate: see CRISIS〛 designating or of any gland which secretes its products without any obvious damage to its cells * * * mer·o·crine (mĕrʹə krĭn, krīn , krēn ) adj. Of… … Universalium
merocrine — [mer′ō krin, mer′ōkrīn΄, mer′ōkrēn΄] adj. [< Gr meros, part + krinein, to separate: see CRISIS] designating or of any gland which secretes its products without any obvious damage to its cells … English World dictionary
Merocrine — Exocrine Secretion view · talk · edit Merocrine or eccr … Wikipedia
merocrine — See m. gland. [mero + G. krino, to separate] * * * mero·crine mer ə krən, .krīn, .krēn adj producing a secretion that is discharged without major damage to the secreting cells <merocrine glands> also of or produced by a merocrine gland… … Medical dictionary
merocrine — ˈmerəkrə̇n, əˌkrīn adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + crine (from Greek krinein to separate) more at certain : producing a secretion that is discharged without major damage to the secreting cells; also … Useful english dictionary
merocrine — adj. [Gr. meros, part; krinein, to separate] The passing of a secretion by a gland in which the nucleus remains intact and thereby can recover; see holocrine … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
merocrine — Commonest mode of secretion in which a secretory vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane and releases its contents to the exterior … Dictionary of molecular biology
merocrine — adjective Of or pertaining to a gland which secretes without major damage to its secretory cells … Wiktionary
merocrine — mer·o·crine … English syllables
