English Explanatory Dictionary

secretor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

secretor secretors secreter

Etymology

From secrete + -or.

Antonyms

nonsecretor

Derived words

hypersecretor
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