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secretion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | secernment |
| Type of | biological process, organic process |
| Has types | galactosis, hypersecretion, salivation |
| Derivation | secrete |
secretion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | humour, bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humor |
| Has types | hormone, synovial fluid, autocoid, endocrine, ganoin, ganoine, spittle, sudor, sweat, synovia, autacoid, internal secretion, intestinal juice, lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion, mucous secretion, mucus, musk, nectar, perspiration, pheromone, royal jelly, saliva, sebum, spit |
Examples of secretion
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An anomalous type IV secretion system in Rickettsia is evolutionarily conserved.
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This then irritates the colon and the resulting watery secretion causes diarrhea.
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Stranger recognition was abolished upon treatment with the secretion inhibitor.
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The decreased sugar accounted for an average 33% decrease in insulin secretion.
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In people with type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 secretion in response to a meal is reduced.
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Wingless secretion promotes and requires retromer-dependent cycling of Wntless.
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Midkine secretion might be one of the self defense mechanisms of the hepatocytes.
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Pathological conditions are characterized by inadequate secretion of cytokines.
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Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of the larvae.
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- The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
- A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- (secrete) generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
- (secrete) place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"
- (secretory) of or relating to or producing a secretion; " a secretory cell"
- Secretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland. In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product.
- (secrete) 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
- (Secretions) Fluid, often called mucous produced by the mucous glands. Coughing up mucous from the lungs usually means a problem in the airways, but not always an infection. The mucous may be clear, yellow, or green. Asthma that is not well-controlled may cause coloured mucous to be coughed up.
- (Secretions) another word for mucus.
