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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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