secretion
pronunciation
How to pronounce secretion in British English:
UK [sɪˈkriːʃn]
How to pronounce secretion in American English:
US [sɪˈkriːʃn]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- secretion (n.)
- 1640s, "act of secreting;" 1732, "that which is secreted," from French sécrétion, from Latin secretionem (nominative secretio) "a dividing, separation," noun of action from past participle stem of secernere "to separate, set apart" (see secret (n.)).
Example
- 1. Insufficient sleep affects growth hormone secretion that is linked to obesity .
- 2. In the case of osteogel , that secretion is bone .
- 3. Short sleep also boosts levels of hormones that make us hungry , while reducing secretion of the hormones that help us feel full .
- 4. Consider this : when you take a coffee break , that ingested caffeine limits the secretion of vasopressin and keeps it from circulating .
- 5. Dr venter , however , has succeeded in engineering a secretion pathway from another organism into experimental algae .