secretion
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Instead of remaining constantly high, aldosterone showed repeated bursts of secretion at night while the overall day-night rhythm of hormone activity remained intact.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Bees, however, often coat their nests with a waxy secretion that creates a waterproof, polished interior.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
The team found that many common, non-harmful gut bacteria carry type III secretion systems.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
From eighteen hundred bottles eighteen hundred carefully labelled infants were simultaneously sucking down their pint of pasteurized external secretion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
It was a tale about organic matter, the sound and smell of silk, wool and cotton, their inevitable decay a result of skin secretions, chemicals, light and time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
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.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
But we do know infected birds can shed the virus in their saliva, nasal secretions and feces.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024
It is unclear exactly how the cows became infected, but the most likely source is feces or other secretions from a wild bird infected with the virus.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The leech's tiny teeth bite into the vein, and its secretions start to flow.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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