Usually means: Glands secreting without losing cells.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. merocrine: Merriam-Webster
  2. merocrine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. merocrine: Collins English Dictionary
  4. merocrine: Wiktionary
  5. merocrine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. merocrine: Dictionary.com
  7. Merocrine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. merocrine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. merocrine: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. merocrine: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. merocrine: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (merocrine)

adjective:  (anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major damage to the secretory cells.

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