merocrine

9 letters · adjective · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

adjective

Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major damage to the secretory cells.

Merocrine in a sentence

Merocrine cells have several full secretion cycles — the merocrine secretion cell does not die when it secretes into the lumen of the gland.

The planum rostrale of pigs has tactile (sinus) hairs distributed over the surface and numerous large merocrine sweat glands.

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