secretion

Secretion — is the process of segregating, elaborating and releasing chemicals from a cell, or a secreted chemical substance or amount of substance. In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product.In… …   Wikipedia

Secretion — Se*cre tion, n. [L. secretio: cf. F. s[ e]cr[ e]tion.] 1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

secretion — noun 1) physiol. выделение, секреция 2) сокрытие, укрывание; thesecretion of stolen goods укрывание краденого …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

secretion — 1> физиол. секреция 2> книж. сокрытие, укрывание, укрывательство …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

secretion — secretion. См. секреция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

Secretion — (v. lat.), Absonderung. Secretionsgebilde (Secretorĭa orgăna), so v.w. Absonderungsorgane. Secretorisch, absondernd. Secretiv, absonderungsfähig. Secretivität, Absonderungsfähigkeit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Secretion — (vom lat. secernere, absondern, aus scheiden), in der Physiologie die Thätigkeit, wodurch aus dem Blute fortwährend Stoffe zur Ernährung und Erneuerung des Leibes abgesondert werden; vgl. Blut …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

secretion — index concealment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

secretion — noun Etymology: French sécrétion, from Latin secretion , secretio separation, from secernere to separate more at secret Date: 1646 1. a. the process of segregating, elaborating, and releasing some material either functionally specialized (as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

secretion — Release of synthesized product from cells. Release may be of membrane bounded vesicles (merocrine secretion) or of vesicle content following fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane (apocrine secretion). In holocrine secretion whole cells… …   Dictionary of molecular biology