Holocrine

Adjective

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.AdjectiveOf or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland.

Synonyms

apocrine exocrine secretory secretive secretional exocrinous exocytotic exocrin secretionary autocrine exolytic secernent

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