secretor

English

noun
Definitions
  • A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
  • A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
  • (physiology) A cell, tissue or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.

Etymology

Affix from English secrete.

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English

secrete

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