See Also: exocytosis(medicine)
Exocytosis(health)

placid (oh) and Exocytosis (health)


placid (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: placidus, from placere; PLEASE2]
a placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what Other people want them to
::a large, placid baby
::She sat still, placid and waiting.
calm and peaceful
::The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.
-- placidly adv
::Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.
-- placidity /plE5sIdZti/ n [U]

Exocytosis (health)


The process by which intracellular chemicals (including hormones) are released.