secretion

noun

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the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	secrete
1	hypernym	Types & categories	organic process
1	hyponym	Types & categories	galactosis
1	hyponym	Types & categories	hypersecretion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	salivation
2	hypernym	Types & categories	liquid body substance
2	hyponym	Types & categories	ganoin
2	hyponym	Types & categories	lacrimal secretion
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sweat
2	hyponym	Types & categories	endocrine
2	hyponym	Types & categories	intestinal juice
2	hyponym	Types & categories	autacoid
2	hyponym	Types & categories	synovia
2	hyponym	Types & categories	mucus
2	hyponym	Types & categories	saliva
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sebum
2	hyponym	Types & categories	royal jelly
2	hyponym	Types & categories	musk
2	hyponym	Types & categories	nectar
2	hyponym	Types & categories	pheromone