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secretion

[si-kree-shuhn] / sɪˈkri ʃən /


NOUN
substance released
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Instead, they travel along environmental and host surfaces using a specialized machine known as the type 9 secretion system, or T9SS.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

"We're engineering the body to mimic thymic factor secretion."

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

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

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

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, “Stay out!” with its urine or other secretion, we say to it, “Stay in!” with our barriers.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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