Medical Definition of Holocrine
1. Form of secretion in which the whole cell is shed from the gland, usually after becoming packed with the main secretory substance. In mammals, sebaceous glands are one of the few examples. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holocrine
Literary usage of Holocrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"This would then be an example of holocrine secretion (Ranvier). Closely connected
with the oesophagus is an organ which is common to all members of this ..."
2. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"In numbers of other instances, however, the secretion affects the holocrine type.
In these cases the whole cell is used for colloid production. ..."
3. Exophthalmic Goiter and Its Nonsurgical Treatment by Israel Bram (1920)
"In numbers of other instances, however, the secretion affects the holocrine type.
In these cases the whole cell is used for colloid material. ..."
4. The Lymphatics: General Anatomy of the Lymphatics by Gabriel Delamare, Bernard Cunéo, Cecil Huntington Leaf (1904)
"Just as the holocrine glands, in order to set free the products of their elaboration,
destroy themselves, so the leucocytes have to die, ..."
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