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

Arabic: إِفْرَاز m (ʔifrāz), مُفْرَزَة f (mufraza) Bulgarian: секреция (bg) f (sekrecija) Catalan: secreció f Chinese: Mandarin: 分泌物 (zh) (fēnmìwù) Czech: výměšek (cs) m, sekret m Danish: sekret Esperanto: sekreciaĵo Finnish: erite (fi) French: sécrétion (fr) f Galician: secreción (gl) f German: Absonderung (de) f, Sekret (de) n Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi) Ancient: ἔκκρισις f (ékkrisis), ἰκμάς (ikmás) Hindi: स्राव (hi) m (srāv) 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 (ms) 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 Ukrainian: ви́ділення n (výdilennja)

act of secreting

Arabic: إِفْرَاز m (ʔifrāz) 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 Esperanto: sekrecio Finnish: eritys (fi) French: sécrétion (fr) f Galician: secreción (gl) f German: Sekretion (de) f Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi) Hindi: रिसना (hi) (risnā) 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 (sv) c, insöndring (sv) c (to the blood) Ukrainian: ви́ділення n (výdilennja), секре́ція f (sekrécija)

Etymology 2

Noun

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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