secreted









secreted


verb (used with object), se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing.

  1. to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion.

verb (used with object), se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing.

  1. to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.

verb

  1. (of a cell, organ, etc) to synthesize and release (a secretion)

verb

  1. (tr) to put in a hiding place

v.1707, back-formation from secretion. Related: Secreted; secretes; secreting. v.

  1. To generate and release a substance from a cell or a gland.

  1. To produce and discharge a substance, especially from the cells of specialized glands. For example, the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin.
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