Associations to the word «Secretor»

Wiktionary

SECRETOR, noun. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
SECRETOR, noun. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
SECRETOR, noun. (physiology) A cell, tissue or organ such as a gland, that produces a bodily secretion.

Dictionary definition

SECRETOR, noun. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.

Wise words

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