SECRETION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
   Hypernyms(s) secretion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • liquid body substance (what does liquid body substance mean?)
   • bodily fluid (what does bodily fluid mean?)
   • body fluid (what does body fluid mean?)
   • humor (what does humor mean?)
   • humour (what does humour mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ganoin (what does ganoin mean?)
   • ganoine (what does ganoine mean?)
   • lacrimal secretion (what does lacrimal secretion mean?)
   • lachrymal secretion (what does lachrymal secretion mean?)
   • perspiration (what does perspiration mean?)
   • sweat (what does sweat mean?)
   • sudor (what does sudor mean?)
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)
   • intestinal juice (what does intestinal juice mean?)
   • autacoid (what does autacoid mean?)
   • autocoid (what does autocoid mean?)
   • synovia (what does synovia mean?)
   • synovial fluid (what does synovial fluid mean?)
   • mucus (what does mucus mean?)
   • mucous secretion (what does mucous secretion mean?)
   • saliva (what does saliva mean?)
   • spit (what does spit mean?)
   • spittle (what does spittle mean?)
   • sebum (what does sebum mean?)
   • royal jelly (what does royal jelly mean?)
   • musk (what does musk mean?)
   • nectar (what does nectar mean?)
   • pheromone (what does pheromone mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
   Synonym(s)
   • secernment (what does secernment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) secretion is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic process (what does organic process mean?)
   • biological process (what does biological process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • galactosis (what does galactosis mean?)
   • hypersecretion (what does hypersecretion mean?)
   • salivation (what does salivation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • secrete (what does secrete mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)