Synonyms & related words for merocrine

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of merocrine. 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 merocrine

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

Where does merocrine come from?

The word merocrine breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: mero, from Greek meros (“part”); and crine, from Greek krinein (“to separate, secrete”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.