"exocrine" meaning in English

See exocrine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} exocrine (not comparable)
  1. Producing external secretions that are released through a duct. Tags: not-comparable Translations (producing external secretions that are released through a duct): exokrinní (Czech), avoeritteinen (Finnish), eksokriininen (Finnish), exokrin (German), εξωκρινής (exokrinís) (Greek), egzokrynny (Polish), zewnątrzwydzielniczy (Polish), exocrin (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-exocrine-en-adj-j~6GpMiV Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 32 40 Disambiguation of 'producing external secretions that are released through a duct': 92 8
  2. Pertaining to the exocrine glands or their secretions. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-exocrine-en-adj-AwTAmhQs Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 32 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exocrin [dated] Derived forms: exocrine gland, exocrinology, exocrinopathy, nonexocrine Related terms: ducto- Coordinate_terms: autocrine, endocrine, heterocrine, paracrine

Noun

Forms: exocrines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exocrine (plural exocrines)
  1. The secretion of an exocrine gland.
    Sense id: en-exocrine-en-noun-R33sU4DB Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 32 40
  2. An exocrine gland.
    Sense id: en-exocrine-en-noun-nCLiav2M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 19 29 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 10 36 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 20 29 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 20 29 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 15 33 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 14 33 44 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 14 33 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 14 30 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 16 32 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 14 33 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exocrin [dated]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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