secretionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/sɪˈkriː.ʃən/us/sɪˈkriː.ʃən/specializedthe process by which an animal or plant produces and releases a liquid, or the liquid produced:
The excessive secretion of gastric juices in the gut causes ulcers.
toxic secretions
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- condensation
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- suction
- the carbon cycle
- vaporize
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