Definitions for secretory
sɪˈkri tə rise·cre·to·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. secretoryadjective

   of or relating to or producing a secretion

   " a secretory cell"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. secretoryadjective

   Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Secretoryadjective

   Performing the office of secretion.

   Etymology: from secretus, Latin.

   All the glands are a congeries of vessels complicated together, whereby they give the blood time to separate through the capillary vessels into the secretory, which afterwards exonerate themselves into one duct. John Ray.

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1. secretory

   Secretion is the movement of material from one point to another, such as a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland. In contrast, excretion is the removal of certain substances or waste products from a cell or organism. The classical mechanism of cell secretion is via secretory portals at the plasma membrane called porosomes. Porosomes are permanent cup-shaped lipoprotein structures embedded in the cell membrane, where secretory vesicles transiently dock and fuse to release intra-vesicular contents from the cell. Secretion in bacterial species means the transport or translocation of effector molecules for example: proteins, enzymes or toxins (such as cholera toxin in pathogenic bacteria e.g. Vibrio cholerae) from across the interior (cytoplasm or cytosol) of a bacterial cell to its exterior. Secretion is a very important mechanism in bacterial functioning and operation in their natural surrounding environment for adaptation and survival.

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1. secretory

   Secretory generally refers to the process in which certain cells or glands within the body produce and release substances such as enzymes, hormones, sweat, saliva etc. Specifically, these substances are typically produced internally and then released or excreted often for necessary functions vital to living organisms. In a broader sense, secretory can refer to anything pertaining to that process or characteristics of secretion.

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1. Secretoryadjective

   secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves

2. Secretorynoun

   a secretory vessel; a secernent

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. scrtoire. See Secrete.]

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1. Secretory

   concerned in the process of secretion.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of secretory in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of secretory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=secretory
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Secretory
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=secretory
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretory
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secretory
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=secretory