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Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
Ivan Pavlov

Meaning of "secretion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SECRETION

From Medieval Latin sēcrētiō, from Latin: a separation.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SECRETION

secretion  [sɪˈkriːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECRETION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Secretion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECRETION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Secretion

Secretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland. In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product. The classical mechanism of cell secretion is via secretory portals at the cell plasma membrane called porosomes. Porosomes are permanent cup-shaped lipoprotein structure at the cell plasma membrane, where secretory vesicles transiently dock and fuse to release intra-vesicular contents from the cell. Secretion in bacterial species means the transport or translocation of effector molecules for example: proteins, enzymes or toxins from across the interior of a bacterial cell to its exterior. Secretion is a very important mechanism in bacterial functioning and operation in their natural surrounding environment for adaptation and survival.

Definition of secretion in the English dictionary

The definition of secretion in the dictionary is a substance that is released from a cell, esp a glandular cell, and is synthesized in the cell. Other definition of secretion is the process involved in producing and releasing such a substance from the cell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECRETION


accretion
əˈkriːʃən
completion
kəmˈpliːʃən
concretion
kənˈkriːʃən
deletion
dɪˈliːʃən
Diocletian
ˌdaɪəˈkliːʃən
Grecian
ˈɡriːʃən
hyperexcretion
ˌhaɪpərɪkˈskriːʃən
hypersecretion
ˌhaɪpəsɪˈkriːʃən
incompletion
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːʃən
incretion
ɪnˈkriːʃən
Lucretian
luːˈkriːʃən
magnesian
mæɡˈniːʃən
neurosecretion
ˌnjʊərəʊsɪˈkriːʃən
Ossetian
ɒˈsiːʃən
oversecretion
ˌəʊvəsɪˈkriːʃən
Phoenician
fəˈniːʃən
repletion
rɪˈpliːʃən
Rhaetian
ˈriːʃən
Rhodesian
rəʊˈdiːʃən
Venetian
vɪˈniːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECRETION

secretaries-general
secretary
secretary bird
secretary of state
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Secretary of State for Scotland
secretary to the board
secretary-general
secretaryship
secrete
secretin
secretional
secretionary
secretive
secretively
secretiveness
secretly
secretness
secretor
secretory

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECRETION

accreditation
action
addition
administration
age of discretion
animation
application
association
attention
attraction
carburetion
depletion
discretion
excretion
indiscretion
internal secretion
noncompletion
obsoletion
ozone depletion
suppletion

Synonyms and antonyms of secretion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SECRETION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «secretion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of secretion

Translation of «secretion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECRETION

Find out the translation of secretion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of secretion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «secretion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分泌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secreción
570 millions of speakers

English

secretion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्राव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إفراز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

секреция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secreção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লুকাইয়া রাখা বস্তু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sécrétion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rembesan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Absonderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分泌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekresi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுரப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विमोचन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

salgı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secrezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wydzielanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

секреція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secreție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκκριση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afskeiding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utsöndring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sekresjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of secretion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECRETION»

The term «secretion» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.320 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECRETION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about secretion

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QUOTES WITH «SECRETION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word secretion.
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Ivan Pavlov
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECRETION»

Discover the use of secretion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to secretion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incretins and Insulin Secretion
This volume focuses on insulin and IGFs. *Longest running series published by Academic Press *Contributions by leading international authorities
‎2010
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Neural Mechanisms of Salivary Gland Secretion
The book lays a sound platform of knowledge to all with an interest in and around the mouth including dentists, doctors, pharmacologists, biochemists and cell biologists as well as neurobiologists working on autonomic nerve activities.
John Raymond Garrett, Jörgen Ekström, L. C. Anderson, 1999
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Bacterial Secreted Proteins: Secretory Mechanisms and Role ...
This text on bacterial secreted proteins, the secretory systems of bacteria and the role of secreted proteins in bacterial pathogenesis will be of immense value to all microbiologists, molecular biologists, public health scientists and ...
Karl Wooldridge, 2009
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Mechanisms and Biological Significance of Pulsatile Hormone ...
This exciting book brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of experts to discuss the importance of pulsatile signalling in the induction of biological responses.
Novartis Foundation, Johannes D. Veldhuis, 2003
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Glandular Mechanisms of Salivary Secretion
With such an aim in mind, this book contains chapters covering the histological basis for secretion, electrophysiological events, electrolyte and water secretion, protein synthesis and secretion, bloodflow, capillary dynamics, myoepithelial ...
John Raymond Garrett, Jörgen Ekström, L. C. Anderson, 1998
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Defects of Secretion in Cystic Fibrosis
This book will be of interest to Molecular biologists, physiologists, scientists working in pharmaceutical research and drug developement, physicians and researchers in Cystic fibrosis and related diseases.
Carsten Schultz, 2007
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Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
It is thus the final common pathway of acid secretion. Gastrin and acetylcholine are relatively weak stimuli of the parietal cell. They act primarily through the adjacent ente- rochromaffin-like (ECL) cell, causing the release of histamine.
David B. Troy, Paul Beringer, 2006
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Secretion: Mechanisms and Control
Petersen: Can I ask you to put forward a model to explain the interrelation between chloride and bicarbonate secretion in the rabbit mandibular gland? Case : I have no complete model to put forward. The observation is that we can unmask a ...
Richard Maynard Case, Jennifer M. Lingard, John Atherton Young, 1984
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Airway Secretion: Physiological Bases for the Control of ...
This superior single-source reference provides in-depth, up-to-date information on the cellular, molecular, morphological, and physiological aspects of airway secretion, in addition to the biochemistry, rheology, and gene expression of ...
Tamotsu Takishima, 1994
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Pathogen-induced Protein Secretion in Plants
The sugar alcohol mannitol is an important carbohydrate in many plants and fungi that has well-documented roles in both metabolism and osmoprotection.
Fang-yi Cheng, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECRETION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term secretion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Secretion of Fc-amidated peptide fusion proteins by Chinese …
The Fc fusions were expressed at 1–2.5 μg/mg cell protein and secreted at 5-20 % of cell content per hour, in a peptide-specific manner. CHO cells express ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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The secrets of secretion
The secret is secretion. Living tissues rely on their ability to package, transport and secrete liquid, where and when it's needed. Nature's secretion system is ... «Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jun 15»
3
New cure for diabetes? 'Goldilocks' plant in Israel found to improve …
... iphionoides, also known as 'Goldilocks' which is indigenous to Israel, can help improve glucose absorption and insulin secretion, according to experts. «ChristianToday, Jun 15»
4
Animal secretion could lead to ingestible sunblock for humans
Long ago, natural genetic engineering gifted several lineages of birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish the ability to produce and secrete a compound called ... «UPI.com, May 15»
5
Researchers turn to bacteria secretion systems to deliver proteins
Bacteria, one called Shigella flexneri in particular, make use of a secretion system to deliver important proteins to mammalian cells, according to a report from ... «FierceDrugDelivery, May 15»
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SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin promotes glucagon secretion in α islet …
Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2; encoded by SLC5A2) inhibitors (also known as gliflozins) function to increase hepatic glucose production via induction ... «Nature.com, May 15»
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Ipsen and Hannover Medical School Start Joint Research in …
The research program aims at testing recombinant botulinum neurotoxin proteins to affect intracellular molecular pathways with targeted secretion inhibitors ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
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Why This Woman Made Yogurt With Her Vaginal Secretions
Steam baths. Weight lifting. Knitting. Just when you thought you'd heard of every activity it was possible to do with your vajayjay, another one has popped up: ... «Health.com, Feb 15»
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This bird protects its eggs with a bacterial secretion
The study authors concluded that the secretion must provide some type of barrier to prevent microbial pathogens from reaching the embryo in the egg's interior. «RedOrbit, Jan 15»
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New research reveals that a species of bird 'paints' its own eggs with …
Researchers from the University of Granada and the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) have found that hoophoes cover their eggs with a secretion ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»

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