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Secretory organ

noun
1.
Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.  Synonyms: gland, secreter, secretor.





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"Secretory organ" Quotes from Famous Books



... diminished, increased, or perverted. In the early stage of an inflammation of a secretory organ its secretion is diminished. In the early stage of pleurisy the serous membrane is dry, and as the disease advances the membrane becomes unnaturally moist. The products of secretion are sometimes greatly changed in character from the secretion in health, becoming excessively irritant and yielding ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture


Words linked to "Secretory organ" :   organ, duct gland, endocrine gland, sericterium, endocrine, secreter, exocrine gland, ductless gland, serictery, green gland, silk gland, acinus, exocrine


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