Other Word Forms
- nonsecretory adjective
Etymology
Origin of secretory
First recorded in 1685–95; secret(ion) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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Senescent cells are still metabolically active, but unlike young and healthy cells, they produce various secretory proteins that upregulate immune responses in both nearby tissues and distant organs.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
Colozza's and colleagues' study is the first genetic proof that Daam1, a member of the non-canonical Wnt pathway, is important for specifying Paneth cells, and directly involved in the development of this crucial secretory cell.
From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2023
Cockroach mothers not only incubate their babies until they are the equivalent size of a 2-year-old human toddler, but they also feed them a milk-like nutrient they produce through secretory glands.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023
The mammalian integument includes various secretory glands, including sebaceous glands, eccrine glands, apocrine glands, and mammary glands.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A number of people have been found in the course of routine stomach examinations who proved to have no secretory function of the stomach and yet suffered no symptoms at all attributable to this fact.
From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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