Synonyms & related words for holocrine

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of holocrine. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to holocrine

Explore words related to holocrine — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include merocrine, apocrine, eccrine, exocrine, eccrinology, endoplasm, spongioblast, hyaloplasm. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does holocrine come from?

The word holocrine breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: holo-, from Greek holos (“whole, entire”); and crine, from Greek krinein (“to separate, secrete”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.