secretion

See also: sécrétion

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/

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• Rhymes: -iːʃən

Etymology 1

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

Noun

secretion (countable and uncountable, plural secretions)

1. (countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism
2. (uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland

Derived terms

• cosecretion
• decapitation secretion

Translations

secreted substance

• Bulgarian: секреция (bg) f (sekrecija)
• Catalan: secreció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分泌物 (zh) (fēnmìwù)

• Czech: výměšek (cs) m, sekret m
• Danish: sekret
• Esperanto: secrecio
• Finnish: erite (fi)
• French: sécrétion (fr) f
• German: Absonderung (de) f, Sekret (de) n
• Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)

  Ancient: ἔκκρισις f (ékkrisis), ἰκμάς (ikmás)

• Hungarian: váladék (hu)
• Indonesian: sekret
• Italian: secrezione (it)
• Japanese: 分泌物 (ja) (ぶんぴぶつ, bunpitsubutsu, ぶんぴつぶつ, bunpibutsu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derdan (ku) f

• Macedonian: лачевина f (lačevina), секрет m (sekret)
• Malay: kumuh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sekret n

  Nynorsk: sekret n

• Polish: wydzielina (pl) f
• Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
• Romanian: secreție (ro) f
• Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
• Spanish: secreción (es) f
• Swedish: sekret (sv) n

act of secreting

• Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane)
• Catalan: secreció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分泌 (zh) (fēnmì)

• Czech: vylučování n, vyměšování n, sekrece (cs) f
• Dutch: secretie (nl) f
• Finnish: eritys (fi)
• French: sécrétion (fr) f
• German: Sekretion (de) f
• Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)
• Hungarian: elválasztás (hu)
• Indonesian: sekresi (id)
• Italian: secrezione (it)
• Japanese: 分泌 (ja) (ぶんぴつ, bunpitsu, ぶんぴ, bunpi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derdan (ku)

• Macedonian: лачење n (lačenje), излачување n (izlačuvanje), секреција f (sekrecija)
• Malay: ڤريمبيسن‎ (perémbésan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utskillelse m

• Persian: ترشح‎ (fa) (taraššoh)
• Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
• Romanian: secretare (ro) f, secreționare, secrețiere f
• Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
• Spanish: secreción (es) f
• Swedish: sekretion (sv) c, utsöndring c, insöndring (sv) c (to the blood)

Etymology 2

Noun

secretion (plural secretions)

1. the act of hiding something

   Synonyms: secreting, spiriting away

Translations

act of hiding

• Bulgarian: укриване n (ukrivane)
• Finnish: piilottaminen (fi), piilottelu
• French: mettre au secret (fr)
• Greek: απόκρυψη (el) f (apókrypsi), συγκάλυψη (el) f (sygkálypsi)

Anagrams

• erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, tricosene

Interlingua

Noun

secretion (plural secretiones)

1. secretion