to secrete
10
6.9
- verb
- /sɪˈkriːt/
- Specialized
:
secretar
- The salivary glands secrete saliva to aid in digestion.
- secrete hormones
- glands secrete
- secrete saliva
You have all of these cells secreting toxins, OK?
- You have all of these cells secreting toxins, OK?
- It it's sitting there and it's secreting inflammatory compounds.
- They have no nucleus, but they make their own food and they secrete chemicals.
- And so those guys secrete insulin into your blood.
- And so how your eye works is your lacrimal glands secrete a water based tear, right?
- And biology says that women secrete oxytocin.
- But if it drops too low, ghrelin is is secreted from your gut.
- And the differences are that we secrete vasopressin and women secrete oxytocin much more than vasopressin.
- So there is a mix of chemicals that are secreted and act as signals to coordinate this response.
- Another root cause is a decrease in the appropriate growth factors and repair factors that your body should be secreting around your plantar fascia.
- It's causing me to to really get clinical to secrete cortisol.
- I can't make my pancreas secrete things if I want more.
Examples
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The corpus luteum in the ovary starts to secrete progesterone.
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Around dusk, our bodies secrete the hormone melatonin, which helps prime us for sleep.
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So we are going to have these guys secrete chemicals, in our case ions.
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Some cells like some of your immune cells secrete antibodies.
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Two glands in the mouth secrete separate chemicals, yep.
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But our brains secrete a neurotransmitter that enables us to deal with them.
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A dog's skin is made up of sebaceous glands that secrete a greasy substance.
Blog text (16) -
When a person is awake, the parotid glands secrete up to 50% of the saliva output.
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And what we know is that the adrenal glands secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine.
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The liver secretes SHBG into the blood, where it binds testosterone with high affinity, regulating its bioavailability.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
446
2.7
To allow a liquid, gas, or energy to flow out
Antonyms
How Much
- NSFW
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7.0
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2.7
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4.4
- Specialized
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6.9
91
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Secrete comes from a Latin idea se- 'apart' and is like the word separate, so imagine a gland 'setting something apart' and sending it out; that's why to secrete means to produce and release a substance from the body.