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merocrine gland

n.

A gland whose secretory cells produce a secretion but are not destroyed or damaged during the process.

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merneptah, mero-, meroblastic, merocele, merocrine, merocrine gland, merodach, merodiastolic, merogenesis, merogony, meroite
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