Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable)Any substance that is secreted by an organism.

    Absonderung, Sekret

    выделе́ниеvydelénije, секре́цияsekrécija

    ви́діленняvýdilennja

  2. (uncountable)The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.

    Sekretion

    выделе́ниеvydelénije, секре́цияsekrécija

    ви́діленняvýdilennja, секре́ціяsekrécija

    a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

  3. The act of hiding something.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. We all have our secretions, which will remain secret.

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  2. The secretion of pituitary gland hormones is controlled by the hypothalamus.

    deDie Sekretion von Hormonen der Hypophyse wird durch den Hypothalamus gesteuert.

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  3. Copper plays an important role in nerve conduction, bone growth and hormone secretion.

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  4. Since we don't blink when we sleep, we find secretions called sleep crusts in the morning.

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  5. The secretion from Tom's wound was a horrible green color.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
secreted substance:
act of secreting:
Русский
By meaning 1
secreted substance:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
secreted substance:
act of secreting:

Origin

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

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