# merocrine

> English word · Adjective

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

## Etymology
From mero- (“partial”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).

## Source
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