secretion

Meaning

1. (countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism.
2. (uncountable) The act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland.

Synonyms

excretion

discharge

concealment

hiding

secernment

receiving

essence

excrement

expelling

exudate

exudation

flow

fluid

lifeblood

occultation

ooze

rheum

sap

secrete

secretiveness

sediment

delitescence

ooze out

conceal

dischaege

concealing

covering

dirt

ejection

emission

Translations

secrezione

sécrétion

secreción

secreção

Sekretion

Absonderung

Sekret

έκκριση

salgı

afscheiding

secreció

إفراز

secretie

uitscheiding

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.