secretory

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈkɹiːt(ə)ɹiː/

Adjective

secretory (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion.

Derived terms

• antisecretory
• endosecretory
• excitosecretory
• glycosecretory
• hypersecretory
• hyposecretory
• neurosecretory
• nonsecretory
• presecretory
• prosecretory
• secretory carcinoma
• secretory diarrhea
• secretory granule
• secretory nerve
• secretory otitis media
• secretory pathway
• secretory protein

 

Noun

secretory (plural secretories)

1. That which secretes.
   • 1877, Transactions of the American Dental Association:

     As has been very justly remarked, we cannot properly regard these cells as secretories.

See also

• secretary

Anagrams

• corsetery, orycteres