Definitions for secretory

secretory se·cre·to·ry

Spelling: [si-kree-tuh-ree]
IPA: /sɪˈkri tə ri/

Secretory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in secretory (ceeorrsty).

Definitions for secretory

noun

  1. a secretory organ, vessel, or the like.

adjective

  1. pertaining to secretion.
  2. performing the process of secretion.

Origin of secretory

First recorded in 1685-95; secret(ion) + -ory1

Examples for secretory

Perhaps its most remarkable action is that upon the terminals of nearly all the secretory nerves in the body.

Probably the secretory glands are somewhat inactive or sluggish in the healthy fat individual.

Associated words: secretive, secretory, confide, confidential.

The secretory part of the various glandular structures belonging to the skin is invariably formed from the epidermis.

This increased action of all the secretory vessels does not occur very suddenly, nor universally at the same time.

They have been considered as secretory organs, answering to the pancreas in vertebrate animals.

The real reason for their discomfort is not secretory, but motor.

secretory phenomena; vascular phenomena; perspirations, etc.

Kanthack and Hardy have succeeded in demonstrating the secretory nature of the eosinophil granules of the frog.

And at certain points local enlargements of the secretory surface take place so as to form glandular diverticula.

Word Value for secretory
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