Secretory \Se*cre"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]cr['e]toire. See
Secrete.]
(Physiol.)
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office of
secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n. A
secretory vessel; a secernent.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "secretory":
egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, excretory,
exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational,
lacteal, lacteous, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous,
secretional, secretive, seminal, serous, sialagogic, spermatic,
transudative, watering, watery
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Secretory \Se*cre"to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. s['e]cr['e]toire. See
Secrete.]
(Physiol.)
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office
secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- n. A
secretory vessel; a secernent.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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