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secretion

noun as in discharge

noun as in substance released

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Putty-colored or "acholic" stools occur when bile is deficient, either from obstruction to outflow or from deficient secretion.

The animals become indisposed, and the secretion of milk is much lessened.

Though, of course, there is the possibility that literature is a morbid secretion, and abhors health!

This cage is lined within by a smooth membrane which is kept constantly moist by its own secretion.

Expectorantia, L. Medicines that promote the secretion of the trachial and bronchial mucus.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to secretion, such as: excretion, flow, movement, seepage, and suppuration.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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