The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids
Secretion is the process by which certain liquid substances are produced by parts of plants or from the bodies of people or animals. the secretion of adrenaline. insulin secretion
Secretions are liquid substances produced by parts of plants or bodies. gastric secretions. a) a substance, usually liquid, produced by part of a plant or animal (sécrétion, from secretio , from secretus; SECRET)
a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance