merocrine secretion

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• 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

• secretion — Release of synthesized product from cells. Release may be of membrane bounded vesicles (merocrine secretion) or of vesicle content following fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane (apocrine secretion). In holocrine secretion whole cells… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• 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 — Exocrine Secretion view · talk · edit Merocrine or eccr …   Wikipedia

• secretion — 1. Production by a cell or aggregation of cells (a gland) of a physiologically active substance and its movement out of the cell or organ in which it is formed. 2. The solid, liquid, or gaseous product …   Medical dictionary

• merocrine — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from mero + Greek krinein to separate more at certain Date: circa 1905 producing a secretion that is discharged without major damage to the secretory cells; also produced by a merocrine… …   New Collegiate 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 — eccrine; adj. describing a type of secretion in which the glandular cells remain intact during the process of secretion …   The new mediacal dictionary

• secretion — n. 1) the process by which a gland isolates constituents of the blood or tissue fluid and chemically alters them to produce a substance that it discharges for use by the body or excretes. The principal methods of secretion – apocrine, holocrine,… …   The new mediacal 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