Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Separating; secreting, or having the power of secreting.
- noun That which promotes secretion.
- noun In anatomy, an organ whose function is to secrete or separate matters from the blood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which promotes secretion.
- noun (Anat.) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
- adjective (Physiol.) Secreting; secretory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which promotes
secretion . - noun anatomy A
vessel in, or by means of, which the process ofsecretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
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The structures which supply it in greatest abundance are the cellular and serous, the secernent vessels of which are extremely active even when the disease itself is comparatively mild.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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