| CRINE | • -crine suff. (Pharmacology) Used to form names of acridine derivatives. • CRINE v. (Scots) to shrink or shrivel. |
| SCRINE | • scrine n. (Obsolete) A chest or other box for storing valuables. • SCRINE n. (obsolete) a chest for records, also SCRYNE. |
| ECCRINE | • eccrine adj. Pertaining to a sweat gland; merocrine. • eccrine adj. Pertaining to sweat. • eccrine adj. Exocrine. |
| TACRINE | • tacrine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic drug used in Alzheimer’s disease to inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine… • TACRINE n. a drug for treating Alzheimer's disease. |
| APOCRINE | • apocrine adj. (Anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which… • APOCRINE adj. denoting a gland whose product is formed by the breakdown of its cells. |
| CANCRINE | • cancrine adj. (Rare) Of or pertaining to crabs. • cancrine adj. (Poetry) Palindromic; reading the same forwards or backwards. • cancrine adj. (By extension) Of or pertaining to reading something backwards. |
| EXOCRINE | • exocrine adj. Producing external secretions that are released through a duct#Noun. • exocrine adj. Pertaining to the exocrine glands or their secretions. • exocrine n. The secretion of an exocrine gland. |
| AUTOCRINE | • autocrine adj. (Biology) Of a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it. • AUTOCRINE adj. relating to self-stimulation. |
| ECTOCRINE | • ectocrine adj. Producing secretions by the decomposition of organisms. • ectocrine n. Such a secretion. • ECTOCRINE n. any metabolite that is released into an organism's environment and influences the vital processes of other organisms. |
| ENDOCRINE | • endocrine adj. Producing internal secretions that are transported around the body by the bloodstream. • endocrine adj. Pertaining to the endocrine glands or their secretions. • endocrine n. The secretion of an endocrine gland. |
| HOLOCRINE | • holocrine adj. (Anatomy, biology, histology) Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which… • HOLOCRINE adj. applied to a gland whose secretion is composed of its own disintegrated cells. |
| MEPACRINE | • mepacrine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of quinacrine. • MEPACRINE n. a bitter yellow powder, aka atebrin, formerly used against malaria. |
| MEROCRINE | • merocrine adj. (Anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to certain exocrine glands that secrete without major… • MEROCRINE adj. designating a gland in which cytoplasm is not lost during secretion. |
| PARACRINE | • paracrine adj. Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather… • PARACRINE adj. of signalling between biological senses. |
| VOLUCRINE | • volucrine adj. (Rare) Of or pertaining to birds. • VOLUCRINE adj. of or pertaining to birds; birdlike. |
| QUINACRINE | • quinacrine n. A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C23H30ClN… • QUINACRINE n. another name for mepacrine, a bitter yellow powder, formerly used against malaria. |
| NEUROENDOCRINE | • neuroendocrine adj. (Physiology, pathology) pertaining to the nervous system and endocrine system together. • NEUROENDOCRINE adj. of, relating to, or being a hormonal substance that influences the activity of nerves. |