1
[ verb ] generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

Synonyms

release

Examples

"secrete digestive juices" "release a hormone into the blood stream"

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

There it seems that the goitrogen ingested by dairy animals is itself inactive but is converted in the animal to an active goitrogen , which is then secreted in the milk .

Related terms

exude water release

2
[ verb ] place out of sight; keep secret

Examples

"The money was secreted from his children"

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