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Webster 1913 Edition

Secernent

Se-cern′ent

,
Adj.
[L.
secernens
, p. pr.]
(Physiol.)
Secreting; secretory.

Se-cern′ent

,
Noun.
1.
That which promotes secretion.
2.
(Anat.)
A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Webster 1828 Edition

Secernent

SECERN'ENT

,
Noun.
That which promotes secretion; that which increases the irritative motions, which constitute secretion.

Definition 2024

secernent

secernent

English

Noun

secernent ‎(plural secernents)

  1. That which promotes secretion.
  2. (anatomy) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Adjective

secernent ‎(not comparable)

  1. (biology) Secreting; secretory.

Latin

Verb

sēcernent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of sēcernō

Etymology

Latin secernens.

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