'Secretion' definitions:
Definition of 'secretion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance [syn: secretion, secernment]
noun
A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
Definition of 'Secretion'
From: GCIDE
- Secretion \Se*cre"tion\, n. [L. secretio: cf. F. s['e]cr['e]tion.]
- 1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physiol.) Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'secretion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- burial,
- burying,
- clouding,
- concealedness,
- concealment,
- covering,
- covering up,
- covertness,
- darkening,
- deception,
- discharge,
- discharging,
- drain,
- draining,
- dribbling,
- drip,
- dripping,
- drop,
- dropping,
- effusion,
- egestion,
- ejaculation,
- ejection,
- elimination,
- emanating,
- emanation,
- emission,
- escape,
- excreta,
- excreting,
- excretion,
- extravasate,
- extravasation,
- extrusion,
- exudation,
- flow,
- flux,
- generation,
- hiddenness,
- hiding,
- interment,
- invisibility,
- leak,
- leakage,
- leaking,
- masking,
- mystification,
- obscuration,
- obscurement,
- occultation,
- oozing,
- putting away,
- release,
- running,
- screening,
- secrecy,
- secreting,
- seepage,
- seeping,
- subterfuge,
- transudate,
- transudation,
- trickle,
- trickling,
- uncommunicativeness
Words containing 'Secretion'
- In secret,
- Secret,
- Secrete,
- Secreted,
- Secreting,
- Secretive,
- Secretiveness,
- Secretly,
- Secretness,
- secreter,
- secretively,
- Foot secretion,
- Paralytic secretion,
- Secret Service,
- Top secret,
- internal secretion,
- lachrymal secretion,
- lacrimal secretion,
- mucous secretion,
- open secret,
- secret agent,
- secret approval,
- secret ballot,
- secret code,
- secret language,
- secret place,
- secret plan,
- secret police,
- secret society,
- secret writing,
- trade secret,
- secret intelligence service,
- top-secret,
- us secret service,
- united states secret service,
- armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia