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holocrine definition

holo·crine (häl′ō krin′, -krīn′, -krēn′; hō′lə-)

adjective

designating or of a gland whose secretion results from the disintegration of the gland's cells

Etymology: holo- + Gr krinein, to separate: see harvest

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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