merocrine en · ADJ
Etymology
From mero- (“partial”) + Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major damage to the secretory cells.
Secretions from glands are produced by merocrine, apocrine and holocrine modes of secretion (Fig. 3.4). In merocrine secretion, membrane bound secretory vesicles are formed and accumulate below the free surface of the cell.[…]There is no loss of cytoplasm in merocrine secretion.
2011, S. M. Kisia, Vertebrates: Structures and Functions, page 53:The planum rostrale of pigs has tactile (sinus) hairs distributed over the surface and numerous large merocrine sweat glands.
2013, Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere, “16: Integument”, in Jo Ann Eurell, Brian L. Frappier, editors, Dellmann's Textbook of Veterinary Histology, 6th edition, page 338:Merocrine cells have several full secretion cycles — the merocrine secretion cell does not die when it secretes into the lumen of the gland.
1982, Vladimir Evgenʹevich Sokolov, Mammal Skin, University of California Press, page 20:
Coordinates
apocrine · holocrine · granulocrine
Synonyms
eccrine (of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands)