secretoryadj.n.
/sɪˈkriːtəri/ Physiology.
A. adj.
Having the function of secreting; pertaining to or concerned with the process of secretion.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > [adjective]
secretory1692
secretitious1696
secretious1707
secerning1708
secreting1807
secernent1822
secretional1877
neurocrine1925
neurosecretory1936
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 64 The Glands..give the Blood time to stop and separate through the Pores of the capillary Vessels into the Secretory ones.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 39 Of all the secretory organs, the kidneys and the mammæ are most certainly and quickly affected by the passions and by food.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) v. 102 The many secretory glands which separate certain substances from the blood at recurrent periods.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 421 The fibrous strands which surround a secretory passage in the leaves of Pinus and the roots of Philodendron.
B. n.
A secreting vessel or duct.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > [noun]
secretorya1777
secernent1808
a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 60 These are thrown by the digestive powers into the secretory.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 842 Mercury is an universal stimulant, and increases the action of all the secretories at one and the same time.
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