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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A process of cellular secretion or excretion in which substances contained in vesicles are discharged from the cell by fusion of the vesicular membrane with the outer cell membrane.

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  • noun The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function

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