secretion
noun/sɪˈkriːʃn/
/sɪˈkriːʃn/
(specialist)- [uncountable] the process by which liquid substances are produced by parts of the body or plants
- the secretion of bile by the liver
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- [countable, usually plural] a liquid substance produced by parts of the body or plants
- bodily secretions
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French sécrétion or Latin secretio(n-) ‘separation’, from secret- ‘moved apart’, from the verb secernere.
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