Associations to the word «Secretion»

Wiktionary

SECRETION, noun. (countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism
SECRETION, noun. (uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland
SECRETION, noun. The act of hiding something

Dictionary definition

SECRETION, noun. The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance.
SECRETION, noun. A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats