Definition of secreting

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Secreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secret.

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Skunk :: Skunk (n.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense..
Membrane :: Membrane (n.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids..
Mamma :: Mamma (n.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag..
Mucific :: Mucific (a.) Secreting mucus.
Gland :: Gland (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known..
Lachrymal :: Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland..
Nectariferous :: Nectariferous (a.) Secreting nectar; -- said of blossoms or their parts.
Vitellogene :: Vitellogene (n.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths..
Muciparous :: Muciparous (a.) Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin..
Secretory :: Secretory (a.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves..
Secretion :: Secretion (n.) The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions..
Stamened :: Stamen (n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
Synovitis :: Synovial (a.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.
Pituitary :: Pituitary (a.) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities..
Aquiparous :: Aquiparous (a.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.
Secreting :: Secreting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Secret.
Secretion :: Secretion (n.) The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods..
Mucous :: Mucous (a.) Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane..
Ceruminous :: Ceruminous (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands..
Anastate :: Anastate (n.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate..
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