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verb (used with object), -cret·ed, -cret·ing.

to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion.

Origin:
1700–10; back formation from secretion

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When cracks form, the bacteria wake from dormancy and secrete limestone, in effect healing the concrete.

Nexia has been making spider-silk proteins by using genetically engineered goats that secrete the proteins into their milk.

The skin contains glands that secrete a milky, acrid-smelling substance to dissuade predators.

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When cracks form, the bacteria wake from dormancy and secrete limestone, in effect healing the concrete.

Nexia has been making spider-silk proteins by using genetically engineered goats that secrete the proteins into their milk.

The skin contains glands that secrete a milky, acrid-smelling substance to dissuade predators.

Scientists have discovered that certain caterpillars manufacture and secrete their own insect repellent, a new study shows.

Zebra tarantulas secrete silk through their feet to increase traction, scientists say.

On each tomato seed, tiny hairs called trichomes secrete the goo that encases them.

In response to high levels of glucose in the blood, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin.

Oriental fire-bellied toads secrete toxins from their skin, and they want potential predators to know it.

Brain cells called orexin cells secrete a stimulant that makes us energetic and tells the body to burn calories.

Many animals secrete more melatonin when the long nights of winter arrive.

Mice secrete these chemicals in urine and mark their territory, much as dogs do.

Like many other salamanders, they secrete a noxious, milky toxin from glands on their backs and tails to dissuade predators.

Venus flytraps secrete sweet-smelling nectar on their leaves to attract prey.

Its roots secrete a chemical that kills other plants.

There is a secrete in human body that modern medicine cannot find.

When threatened, the bugs will secrete an oily, foul-tasting fluid from joints in their legs.

There they secrete an array of chemicals intended to limit any infection.

These group-saving individuals secrete a polymer that enables bunches of individuals to form floating mats.

Cancer cells secrete a particularly powerful protein to encourage the growth of blood vessels.

Dozens of earthworm species from all over the world can secrete a glowing slime, thought to startle predators.

Rohr suspects that the frogs' ability to secrete fungus-fighting skin secretions is temperature-sensitive.

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But these newts secrete tetrodotoxin in their skins.

They are modified sweat glands that secrete what is essentially enriched sweat, a.

Then secrete them discretely upon your person before you go through airport security.

The argument is that inequality causes chronic stress, and makes people secrete too much of a hormone called cortisol.

Many tropical frog species secrete compounds known as.

They secrete a waxy substance from specialized skin glands and use their legs to smooth it over their bodies.

Prolactinomas are benign tumors of the pituitary gland that secrete prolactin.

Gorb and colleagues found that zebra tarantulas secrete tiny bits of silk from nozzlelike structures in their feet.

The prolific pests secrete pheromones that, when mixed with a pesticide, may aid in their extermination.

The gene's role seems to be to export substances out of the cells that secrete earwax.

Researchers have shown that certain frogs secrete the poisons that they obtain by eating a diet high in.

The sap-suckers secrete water loaded with sugar and amino.

Ladybugs can secrete a fluid from joints in their legs which gives them a foul taste.

Diatoms already secrete silica by exocytosis-a biological process by which cells direct secreted material outside the cell walls.

Usually, tumors that secrete growth hormone start to grow in adulthood, after people have reached their full height.

Hippos also bask on the shoreline and secrete an oily red substance, which gave rise to the myth that they sweat blood.

And women under stress secrete hormones men don't have in abundance:.

It may even be possible to modify the cancer blood vessel cells to secrete factors that would inhibit cancer cell growth.

And unlike dieting, the surgery cannot shrink overloaded fat cells, which secrete harmful chemicals into the bloodstream.

These so-called friction ridges are composed of rows of sweat pores, or eccrine glands, that constantly secrete perspiration.

Early in life the cystic fibrosis patients begin to secrete thick mucus that clogs the airways of their lungs.

Ovaries also secrete the important reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone.

The cells secrete agents that stimulate the immune system and cause low-level inflammation.

These glands secrete milk into a complex system of tiny ducts.

They argue that sebaceous glands, which secrete oil, never vacation.

Parkinson's disease results from a loss of cells that secrete dopamine, a brain chemical essential for normal movement.

Venter claims to be able to turn algal cells into tiny factories that continuously secrete fuel, which cuts down on waste.

Scientists know that a small set of hypothalamus neurons secrete hypocretin, activating brain circuits to promote wakefulness.

Diarrhea results when something interferes with that absorption or causes the bowel to secrete rather than absorb.

Infected birds secrete the influenza virus through their saliva, nasal secretions and feces.

He said that they were based on what occurred in nature that and each type would secrete a different chemical.

Blood contains platelets that secrete growth factors that, in turn, can help tissue heal.

Most immune cells secrete or stimulate the production of powerful immune factors called cytokines.

When disturbed, sea hares secrete a purple ink to defend themselves.

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream to regulate body functions in fundamental ways.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), -cret·ed, -cret·ing.

to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.

Origin:
1735–45; alteration of obsolete secret, v. use of secret

Synonyms
cover, shroud, disguise. See hide¹.

noun Armor.

a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.

Origin:
< French; see secret

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World English Dictionary

secrete¹ (sɪˈkriːt)

—vb
	(of a cell, organ, etc) to synthesize and release (a secretion)

[C18: back formation from secretion]

se'cretor¹

—n

secrete² (sɪˈkriːt)

—vb
	(tr) to put in a hiding place

[C18: variant of obsolete secret to hide away; see secret (n)]

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secrete se·crete (sĭ-krēt')
v. se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cretes
To generate and separate a substance from cells or bodily fluids.

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secrete

(sĭ-krēt') Pronunciation Key
To produce and discharge a substance, especially from the cells of specialized glands. For example, the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin.

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