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💧 Stimulating glands 💧 A gland nerve
secretomotor

secretomotor

9.9
Causing glands to produce fluids
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: secretomotor
  • The secretomotor fibers of the nerve stimulate the salivary glands to produce saliva.

Examples

  • Damage to secretomotor nerves can reduce the amount of mucus secreted in the respiratory tract.

  • Doctors studied the secretomotor response of the glands during the experiment.

  • The secretomotor response is crucial for digestion.

  • Doctors study the secretomotor functions of the pancreas.

  • The secretomotor fibers of the nerve stimulate the salivary glands to produce saliva.

  • Damage to secretomotor nerves can reduce the amount of mucus secreted in the respiratory tract.

  • The secretomotor response is crucial for digestion.

Surface Forms

secretomotor positive

Morphology

secretomotor = motor (semi-transparent) = secreto + motor

Formed from the medical combining form secreto- (relating to secretion) + motor; the meaning is predictable in medical contexts but the combining form and linking vowel make it specialised for general learners.

Etymology

Secretomotor comes from the parts secreto- meaning 'to secrete' and -motor meaning 'to move', like a motor that makes a car go. So, as an adjective, secretomotor describes something that makes a gland release its fluid.