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SECRETORY ORGAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
Synonyms:
gland; secreter; secretor; secretory organ
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("secretory organ" is a kind of...):
organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
Meronyms (parts of "secretory organ"):
acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretory organ"):
green gland (one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae)
sericterium; serictery; silk gland (silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders)
duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)
ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)
