(eccrine) adj. describing a type of *secretion in which the glandular cells remain intact during the process of secretion.
n. 1. the process by which a gland isolates constituents of the blood or tissue fluid and chemically alters them to produce a substance that it discharges for use by the body or excretes. The principal methods of secretion – *apocrine, *holocrine, and *merocrine – are illustrated in the diagram. 2. the substance that is produced by a gland.... secretion
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