holocrine
11holocrine — adj. (about a gland) secreting products formed by the breakdown of glandular cells …
12holocrine — hol·o·crine …
13holocrine — adj. describing a gland or type of secretion in which the entire cell disintegrates when the product is released …
14holocrine — hol•o•crine [[t]ˈhɒl ə krɪn, ˌkraɪn, ˈhoʊ lə [/t]] adj. phl (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells • Etymology: 1900–05; holo + crine < Gk krinein to separate …
15holocrine — a. applied to gland whose secretion is composed of its own disintegrated cells …
16holocrine gland — a gland whose discharged secretion contains entire secreting cells …
17integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… …
18Merocrine — Exocrine Secretion view · talk · edit Merocrine or eccr …
19gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …
20holo- — olo ♦ Éléments, du gr. holos « entier ». holo élément, du gr. holos, entier . ⇒HOL(O) , (HOL , HOLO )élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. « entier » et entrant dans la constr. de nombreux mots savants. I. [Forme hol ] A. [Les mots constr. sont des ad …
