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secretion (s) (noun), secretions (pl)
1. The process of producing a substance from the cells and fluids within a gland or organ and discharging it.
2. A substance formed and discharged by a cell, tissue, gland, or organ.

If the material leaves the gland through a duct; such as, saliva, it is called an exocrine secretion; if it enters the blood or lymph; for example insulin, it is called an endocrine secretion.

This entry is located in the following units: cern-, cert-, cer-; cret-, creet-, cre- (page 5) -tion (page 19)
blenno-, blenn-
(Greek: mucus; a slippery protective secretion that is produced in the linings of some organs of the body by the mucous membranes and glands)
incret-, increto- +
(Latin: internal secretion, especially by the endocrine glands or a gland)
muco-, muc-, muci-, mucin- +
(Latin: mucus, mucous, or mucosa; a viscid, slippery, slime secretion of the mucous membranes; related to mucor, "mold, moldiness")
myco-
(Greek: mucus; a protective secretion from the mucous membranes in the nose, throat, and lungs; a thick fluid produced by the linings of some tissues of the body and is secreted as a protective lubricant coating by cells and glands of the mucous membranes)
sebo-, seb-, sebi- +
(Latin: tallow, suet, fat, fatty; grease; by extension, "pertaining to a suetlike secretion of the body")
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secretion
Hiding something.
This entry is located in the following unit: Medical Terms from a Different Perspective (page 3)