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secretion

[si-kree-shuhn] / sɪˈkri ʃən /


NOUN
substance released
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Bees, however, often coat their nests with a waxy secretion that creates a waterproof, polished interior.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

At the same time, genes essential for normal liver function, including those involved in metabolism and protein secretion, were gradually shut down.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

"We're engineering the body to mimic thymic factor secretion."

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

From eighteen hundred bottles eighteen hundred carefully labelled infants were simultaneously sucking down their pint of pasteurized external secretion.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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