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Secretory

Se-cre′to-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
sécrétoire
. See
Secrete
.]
(Physiol.)
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office of secretion; secernent;
as,
secretory
vessels, nerves
.
Noun.
A secretory vessel; a secernent.

Definition 2024


secretory

secretory

English

Adjective

secretory (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion.

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