Definition of exocrine
: producing, being, or relating to a secretion that is released outside its source <exocrine pancreatic cells>
Origin and Etymology of exocrine
International Scientific Vocabulary exo- + Greek krinein to separate — more at certain
First Known Use: circa 1911
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