adj :  producing a secretion that is discharged without major damage to the secreting cells < glands>  : also  :  of or produced by a merocrine gland <a secretion>  - compare APOCRINE ECCRINE HOLOCRINE  .
 
    
 
Similar sounding terms:  mar·ga·rine 
 
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