exocrine

English

Alternative forms

• exocrin (dated)

Adjective

exocrine (not comparable)

1. Producing external secretions that are released through a duct.
2. Pertaining to the exocrine glands or their secretions.

Coordinate terms

• autocrine
• endocrine
• heterocrine
• paracrine

Derived terms

• exocrinology
• exocrine gland

Translations

producing external secretions that are released through a duct

• Czech: exokrinní
• Finnish: avoeritteinen, eksokriininen (fi)
• German: exokrin
• Greek: εξωκρινής (el) (exokrinís)
• Romanian: exocrin (ro)

See also

• ducto-

Noun

exocrine (plural exocrines)

1. The secretion of an exocrine gland.
2. An exocrine gland.

French

Adjective

exocrine (plural exocrines)

1. exocrine

Further reading

• “exocrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.