Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
secretion
IPA transcription: [səkɹ'iʃən]
Pronunciations of secretion
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
secretion, secernment
Meaning:
the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
Synonyms:
secretion
Meaning:
a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
Usage examples
Or else it is the secretion of the saliva or of the sweat, which flows in abundance or dries up.
A secretion of the brain? The cumulative expression, wholly chemical, of the multitudes of cells that form us?
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Australian green tree frog
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Helicobacter pylori
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