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secrete

[si-kreet] / sɪˈkrit /




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Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

Her team pays attention to other stress markers, such as that they secrete mucus when biologically stressed.

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

Hairs covering the stems, leaves and flowers have glands that secrete a sticky substance containing prenylated phenols, which cause an itchy rash, according to Lewis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025

All cells use EVs to secrete proteins, DNA and other molecules, and tumor cells are particularly active EV secreters.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

Bono had, I ascertained, connived to secrete them when we had removed to this house from the town; having no use for them upon his exile, he had left them for me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

It mimics a hormone secreted alongside insulin that signals fullness and slows gastric emptying.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Released in 2010, “Tangled” is Disney’s animated take on the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” about a young princess with long blond magical hair who had been unknowingly kidnapped and secreted away in an isolated tower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Due to their strength, they can be secreted in small volumes in parcels.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

This led the team to investigate how these proteins are secreted into the plant's sap.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025

He secreted the strangler seeds in one of them, threw open his door, and called, "Pylos? Where are you?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Males of the shrimplike species, called "entraining grassbed downer" or EGD for short, create distinct patterns of bioluminescence to attract females by secreting packets of protein from a specialized gland.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

The researchers isolated vSSCs from people undergoing spinal surgery and found that human vSSCs secreting MFGE8 were more likely to interact with cancer cells than vSSCs that were not secreting the protein.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023

He adds that this is the first record of land-dwelling invertebrates producing and secreting this particular neurotoxin.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 4, 2023

The bacteria works by secreting a small molecule, known as harmane, which inhibits the early stages of the malaria parasite growing in the mosquito's gut.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023

Rowan had to remind himself that this man with the perfect smile, secreting charisma instead of sweat, was the man who had manipulated him and Citra into mortal competition.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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