secretion
(noun) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
secretion, secernment
(noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
secretion (countable and uncountable, plural secretions)
(countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism
(uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland
secretion (plural secretions)
the act of hiding something
• erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, tricosene
Source: Wiktionary
Se*cre"tion, n. Etym: [L. secretio: cf. F. sécrétion.]
1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
