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SECRETE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

Example:

release a hormone into the blood stream

Synonyms:

release; secrete

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "secrete" is one way to...):

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "secrete"):

water (secrete or form water, as tears or saliva)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

secretion (the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance)

secretor (any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place out of sight; keep secret

Example:

The money was secreted from his children

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "secrete" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

secretive (inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When transplanted into mice, they secreted insulin in response to glucose.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

The compound sorgoleone, secreted by sorghum, helps the plant combat weeds.

(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Similarly, when they suppressed DUSP26 activity in mice, beta cells became healthier, meaning they could better secrete insulin.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A finding indicating that an excess amount of methoxytyramine is secreted by a tumor.

(Methoxytyramine-Secreting, NCI Thesaurus)

They secrete ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN and establish the blood-testis barrier.

(Murine Sertoli Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A deficiency of the Mullerian inhibiting substance, which is secreted by the Sertoli cells during embryogenesis.

(Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Mucus-secreting cells are widely distributed through the body.

(Mucus-Secreting Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Both secreted and leaked proteins can inform health status and disease risk.

(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)

Type 2 Helper Cells are a subset of helper-inducer T-lymphocytes which synthesize and secrete the interleukins IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, and IL-10.

(Murine Th2 Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

PSA is a glycoprotein secreted by prostatic epithelial and ductal cells and may be overexpressed in prostate cancer cells.

(Mycobacterium w, NCI Thesaurus)