SECRETOR

gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter

(noun) any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

secretor (plural secretors)

A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).

A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.

(physiology) A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.

Antonyms

• (person who secretes blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids): nonsecretor

Anagrams

• Rocester, Terceros, erectors

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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