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secretagogue

[si-kree-tuh-gog, -gawg]

se·cre·ta·gog

[si-kree-tuh-gog, -gawg]
noun Physiology.
a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
Also, se·cre·ta·gogue.


Origin:
1915–20; secrete1 + -agog(ue)
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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secretagogue (sɪˈkriːtəɡɒɡ)
 
n
med a substance that stimulates secretion
 
secreta'gogic
 
adj

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secretagogue se·cre·ta·gogue (sĭ-krē'tə-gôg')
n.
A hormone or another agent that causes or stimulates secretion.

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