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Examples of secrete
secrete
These microorganisms secrete a toxin which the reef fish ingest when they feed.
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It stimulates liver and other tissues to secrete chemicals that stimulate growth.
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Alfalfa roots secrete chemical signals into soil to attract and recruit bacteria.
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To protect themselves against enemies, they secrete many irritating substances.
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The most commonly known animal wax is beeswax, but other insects secrete waxes.
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Tumor cells secrete signals that call in wound healing cells to the tumor site.
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The majority secrete mostly water and salt, and mainly serve to cool you down.
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Stimulates liver and other tissues to secrete chemicals that stimulate growth.
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They also consume more oxygen and secrete more of the stress hormone cortisol.
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- Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
- Place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"
- (secretion) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
- (secretion) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function; figurative uses; separated
- (Secretion) A chemical which oozes through the outside of the skin. In amphibians this secretion acts as a protective poison and deterrent to predators.
- (Secretion) Something that comes out of the body, such as a fluid that comes out of a gland.
- (Secretion) Wet material, such as saliva, that is produced by a cell or a gland and that has a specific purpose in the body.
- (Secretion) a liquid produced by the skin glands of certain amphibians. For example, the Louisiana slimy salamander, Plethodon kisatchie, produces sticky skin secretions.
