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“Inflammation – yep, that’s good. A bit of pneumonia will leave you with that. Secretions – yep, you get them after an infection. They are a positive sign – that you’re over the infection.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2020

Figure 23.32 Digestive Secretions and Absorption of Water Absorption is a complex process, in which nutrients from digested food are harvested.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Secretions of sustentacular cells trigger a degradation of the female tract, the Müllerian duct.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Secretions released by the blast kill opponents—and save the nest.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2012

Northwards, beyond and above the trees, the Internal and External Secretions factory glared with a fierce electric brilliance from every window of its twenty stories.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley