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secretion

[si-kree-shuhn] / sɪˈkri ʃən /


NOUN
substance released
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"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

"We already see that they play a role in protein secretion, which has major implications for physiology, and it suggests a path forward to study hundreds of other snoRNAs."

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

The decanted infant howls; at once a nurse appears with a bottle of external secretion.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley