secretory
- adjective
- /sɪˈkrɛtəri/
- Specialized
- The researchers studied the secretory mechanisms of the salivary glands during food intake.
- secretory granules
- secretory vesicle
So it has its own secretory factors that tamp down the immune system.
- So it has its own secretory factors that tamp down the immune system.
Examples
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In humans, the secretory glands play a key role in digestion by releasing enzymes.
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So it has its own secretory factors that tamp down the immune system.
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Is this a polypeptide that will become a membrane protein or part of the secretory system?
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GEMs would need to be integrated with other models, such as secretory pathways and glycosylation models.
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The lumen-forming cells contained many mitochondria and secretory granules.
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Adiponectin is an adipocyte-specific secretory protein that exhibits antiatherogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic properties.
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Compared with the controls, structural changes were less evident in the two active-treatment groups, but more so in the antibiotic/steroid group, particularly with respect to mucosal metaplasia to the secretory epithelium.
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As a frog wipes, the tactile stimulation of its limbs pressing against its body elicits a nerve reflex that causes muscle cells to contract around secretory glands in the skin.
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The secretory cells in the pancreas produce important hormones like insulin.
Synonyms
Relating to small organs that make and release liquids like saliva
Compounds
- Specialized
A body part that makes and releases substances into the blood or through tubes
- Specialized
The phase after ovulation when the womb lining becomes ready for an embryo
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word secretory comes from the same root as secret and secrete, which meant 'hidden' or 'set apart', so you can imagine a gland keeping a small 'secret' inside and then sending it out. That's why secretory describes something that makes and releases a secretion.