Etymology

holocrine

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Today it means: Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releasing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅλος“whole, entire”
  2. English todayholocrine

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole, entire”) and κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “to separate”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅλος all →

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