Secretory

/sɪˈkɹiːt(ə)ɹiː/

Synonyms for "secretory" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Adjective(2 words)
acinousapocrine
Verb(1 words)
excreting

Strong matches (11)

Adjective(4 words)
exocrinegastric juice secretionglandularglandular secretion
Noun(2 words)
exocrine secretionhormone production

Related words (19)

Adjective(2 words)
mucoidalsecretory cell line
Noun(1 words)
parotid secretion
Verb(1 words)
secreting

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries
biological processphysiological process

More specific

6 entries
exocrine glandlacrimal glandmucous glandsalivary glandsebaceous glandsweat gland

Collocations

6 entries
secretory activitysecretory cellssecretory functionsecretory glandssecretory mechanismsecretory pathway

Inflections

2 entries
more secretorymost secretory

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The most likely path a protein will take after being created is as follows: after a protein is made in the RER, it is sent via a transition vesicle to the Golgi apparatus, where it is processed, and then sent to its final destination in a secretory vesicle.

Source: tatoeba (8160699)

As has been very justly remarked, we cannot properly regard these cells as secretories.

Source: wiktionary

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