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secretion
has definitions from the fields of biology,medicine
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[ noun ] (biology,medicine) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)Since the circulating thyroid_hormones are the amino_acids thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine ( cf. Section C ) , it is clear that some mechanism must exist in the thyroid_gland for their release from proteins before secretion . This appears to result from both a reduced amount of the iodine substrate and a more rapid secretion of newly iodinated thyroglobulin . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)The pain became thus the symbol for food and elicited salivary secretion ( conditioned_reflex ) . Related terms organic_process galactosis salivation hypersecretion secrete |
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[ noun ] (biology) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Physiological experiments and clinical observations have shown that these procedures influence the hypothalamically controlled hypophyseal secretions and increase sympathetic discharges . |
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