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secretin
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secretin
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n 1: a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of
water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts
whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small
intestine |
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Secreting
(gcide) | Secrete \Se*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Secreting.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden,
p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete,
Discreet.]
1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as,
to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
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2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the
process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a
secretion. See Secretion.
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Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another
urea, and so on, we do not know. --Carpenter.
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Syn: To conceal; hide. See Conceal.
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