| 释义 |
secernent, a. and n.|sɪˈsɜːnənt|
[ad. L. sēcernentem, pres. pple. of sēcernĕre: see secern v.]
A. adj. That secretes.
1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 261 Peculiar ferments, conveyed by the blood to the secernent organ. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 65/2 The activity of the nutritive, secernent, and absorbent processes.
B. n. Phys.
a. A secreting organ.
1808Ann. Reg. 115 The secernents of its cutis exude a sweet, saccharine, nutritive gum. 1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 261 Whence, indeed, the name of Secernents or Secretories, which mean nothing more than separating powers. 1844Hoblyn Dict. Med., Secernents.
†b. Something which promotes secretion. Obs.—0
In Webster 1828, with reference to Darwin; see the following quot.:
[1796E. Darwin Zoon. II. 694 Those things which increase the irritative motions, which constitute secretion, are termed secernentia.] |