secretory : Idioms & Phrases

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excito-secretory

Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.
Webster 1913

secretory organ

  • noun any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
    gland; secretor; secreter.
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secretory phase

  • noun the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
    luteal phase.
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