holocrine

adj.
Of or relating to a gland whose output consists of disintegrated secretory cells along with the secretory product itself.

[HOLO- + Greek krīnein, to separate; see endocrine.]

(hŏl'ə-krĭn, -krīn', -krēn', hō'lə-)
adj.

Of or relating to a gland whose output consists of disintegrated secretory cells along with the secretory product itself.

Wholly secretory; that type of glandular secretion in which the entire cell forms the secreted matter of the gland, as in the sebaceous glands; cf. apocrine and merocrine.