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secretion

noun as in discharge

noun as in substance released

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The EU has already defined dairy items as products coming from the "normal mammary secretion".

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In theory, each ingredient plays a role: one dries secretions, another loosens phlegm, a third dulls the cough reflex.

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"And we didn't see excess mucus secretions ... so we also just immediately knew that we weren't stressing out the animals."

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The devastating viral infection, carried by wild birds, spreads primarily through respiratory secretions and bird-to-bird contact and can also be contracted by mammals that ingest birds or other products.

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The drug's overall effect is to promote a feeling of fullness or "satiety," which reduces the desire for food and to boost insulin secretion, which reduces glucose levels in the blood.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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