secretion

See also: sécrétion

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːʃən

Etymology 1

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

Noun

secretion (countable and uncountable, plural secretions)

(countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism
(uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland

Translations

secreted substance

Catalan: secreció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分泌物 (zh) (fēnmìwù)
Finnish: erite (fi)
French: sécrétion (fr) f
Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)
Italian: secrezione (it)
Japanese: 分泌物 (ja) (ぶんぴぶつ, bunpitsubutsu, ぶんぴつぶつ, bunpibutsu)
Malay: kumuh

Norwegian:
Bokmål: sekret n

Nynorsk: sekret n
Polish: wydzielina (pl) f
Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
Romanian: secreție (ro) f
Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
Spanish: secreción (es) f
Swedish: sekret (sv) n

act of secreting

Catalan: secreció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分泌 (zh) (fēnmì)
Czech: vylučování n, sekrece (cs) f
Finnish: eritys (fi)
French: sécrétion (fr) f
German: Sekretion (de) f
Greek: έκκριση (el) f (ékkrisi)

Italian: secrezione (it)
Japanese: 分泌 (ja) (ぶんぴつ, bunpitsu, ぶんぴ, bunpi)
Persian: ترشح‎‎ (fa) (taraššoh)
Portuguese: secreção (pt) f
Romanian: secretare (ro) f, secreționare, secrețiere f
Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), секре́ция (ru) f (sekrécija)
Spanish: secreción (es) f
Swedish: sekretion (sv) c, utsöndring c, insöndring c (to the blood)

Etymology 2

Noun

secretion (plural secretions)

the act of hiding something

Translations

act of hiding

Finnish: piilottaminen (fi), piilottelu
French: mettre au secret (fr)

Greek: απόκρυψη (el) f (apókrypsi), συγκάλυψη (el) f (sygkálypsi)

Anagrams

erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, tricosene

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