secretory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or producing a secretion
    • a secretory cell

WordNet

Se*cre"to*ry adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. sécrétoire. See Secrete.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n. A secretory vessel; a secernent.

Webster 1913