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Merocrine secretion
A secretion in which the product is elaborated within cells and discharged through the cell membrane, the cell itself remaining intact.
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Holocrine secretion
A secretion in which the entire cell and its contents are extruded as a part of the secretory product, as in sebaceous glands.
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Eccrine secretion
Secretion of sweat from glands located in the skin, an important means of regulating temperature.
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Constituitive secretion
Secretion of substances (typically proteins) from cells, either continuously or independently of cell-to-cell signaling.
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Apocrine secretion
A secretion in which the apical end of a secreting cell is broken off and its contents extruded, as in the mammary gland.
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Secretinase
An enzyme in blood that inactivates secretin.
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Secondary nursing care
Nursing care turned at early recognition and treatment of disease. It includes general nursing intervention and teaching of early signs of disease conditions so that prompt medical care can be obtained.
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Secondary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome occurring in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or other rheumatologic syndromes.
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Secodont
Having molar teeth with cutting edges on the cusps.
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Seckel syndrome
A rare autosomal recessive developmental disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, dwarfism, facial, skeletal and dental anomalies, and developmental and neurological deficits.
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