1. secretion(n = noun.process) secernment - the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance;
is a kind of biological process, organic process
has particulars: galactosis, hypersecretion, salivation
Derived form verb secrete1
2. secretion(n = noun.body) - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell;
is a kind of bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
has particulars: ganoin, ganoine, lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion, perspiration, sudor, sweat, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion, intestinal juice, autacoid, autocoid, synovia, synovial fluid, mucous secretion, mucus, saliva, spit, spittle, sebum, royal jelly, musk, nectar, pheromone
1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods. [1913 Webster]
2. The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions. [1913 Webster]
3. Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice. [1913 Webster]
secretion, n.
1 Biol. a a process by which substances are produced and discharged from a cell for a function in the organism or for excretion. b the secreted substance.
2 the act or an instance of concealing (the secretion of stolen goods).
Etymology:
F s{eacute}cr{eacute}tion or L secretio separation (as SECRET)
N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.
internal secretion, lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion, mucous secretion