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noun
A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gland, secretory organ, secreter
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Broader terms: organ
Narrower terms: green gland, silk gland, serictery, sericterium, exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland, endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
History
From secrete + -or.
