exocrineadj.
/ˈɛksə(ʊ)krʌɪn//ˈɛksə(ʊ)krɪn/ Physiology.
Having external secretion; designating or pertaining to the discharge of a secretion through a duct or the secretion itself. Quot. 1911 is an erroneous definition.
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pituita1598
pituitary1615
lymphatic1649
conglomerated1656
conglobate1666
conglomerate1666
conglobated1676
lymphic1681
conglobulate1709
sudoriferous1713
sudorific1721
sebaceous1728
trajectory1747
cryptal1754
cryptous1804
muciparous1825
racemose1834
racemiform1837
ganglionary1842
muciferous1842
sudoriparous1851
sebiparous1853
racemous1854
sebiferous1858
perilymphangial1873
lymphadenoid1877
perilymphatic1877
mucigenous1881
pituital1890
tubuloracemosec1900
acinic1903
holocrine1905
merocrine1905
exocrine1911
endocrine1914
endocrinic1914
endocrinous1914
endocrinal1923
apocrine1926
eccrine1931
psychoendocrine1946
acinar1949
nodal1954
mucigenic1965
1911 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. 296/2 Exocrin, external secretion of a gland.
1937 Ann. Internal Med. 10 1848 (heading) The exocrine functions of the pancreas.
1946 Nature 21 Sept. 419/1 Spaces..permit the passage of small quantities of the exocrine secretion of the gland into contact with special thin-walled capillaries.
1964 A. R. Muir in G. H. Haggis Introd. Molecular Biol. v. 138 The exocrine cells of the guinea-pig pancreas fulfil these criteria, for they commence secretion if a meal follows a period of starvation.
1967 New Scientist 2 Nov. 295/1 The exocrine pancreas cell, which secretes an enzyme that digests protein.
1970 T. S. Leeson & C. R. Leeson Histol. (ed. 2) v. 87/1 A gland of the exocrine type passes its secretion to a duct system and thus to a body surface.
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