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Cellular Secretion
Definition 1
Production by a cell or aggregation of cells (a gland) of a physiologically active substance and its movement out of the cell or organ in which it is formed. Discharge across the cell membrane, into the intracellular space or ducts, of endogenous substances resulting from the activity of intact cells of glands, tissues, or organs. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
To form and release a substance. In the body, cells secrete substances, such as sweat that cools the body or hormones that act in other parts of the body. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 3
glandular production of a hormone or other substance which will perform a specialized function outside the gland. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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