secretion

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So anything which lowers the blood-pressure will diminish the watery portion of the secretion, that is, the secretion will be scanty, but concentrated The Renal Secretion.--The function of the kidneys is to secrete a fluid commonly known as the urine.

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  1. noun The process of secreting a substance, especially one that is not a waste, from the blood or cells: secretion of hormones; secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
  2. noun A substance, such as saliva, mucus, tears, bile, or a hormone, that is secreted.
  3. noun The act of concealing something in a hiding place.
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  • The bones were coated in a shimmering calcium secretion, which is very similar in nature to a terrestrial mollusk's --spectrographic analysis reveals nothing more unusual than a few skeins of rare mineral, typical of the sediments we dredged from the bottom. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 06 - June 1996
  • This secretion, which is the colostrum or first milk produced by the mare, usually indicates the impending birth of a foal. —  TheHorse.com News
  • A team of researchers with the Atlanta-based Center for behvaioral Neuroscience (CBN) has found that this secretion is produced from normally inert chemicals stored separately in two glands. —  Mongabay.com News
  • Predisposes to shoulder dystocia  Maternal hyperglycemia  transfer of excess glucose to fetus  stimulate fetal insulin secretion which is a potent growth factor 18 —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • These signalling cascades are believed to be responsible for the insulin resistance and reduced insulin secretion, therefore the use of innocuous antioxidant substances such as vitamin C, E and the a-lipoic acid, is seen as a possible step for type 2 diabetic complications management. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. French sécrétion, from Old French, separation, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōn-, from sēcrētus, past participle of sēcernere, to set aside; see secern.
  2. From secrete2.

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  1. from Old French secretion, French sécrétion = Spanish secrecion = Portuguese secreção = Italian secrezione, from Latin secretio (n -), a dividing, separation, from secernere, past participle secretus, separate: see secern, secret.
 

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