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se·crète
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eccrine
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine). -
hide
Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash. -
secretin
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice. -
angiotensin
a peptide of physiological importance that is capable of causing constriction of blood vessels, which raises blood pressure -
b cell
Also called B lymphocyte. a type of lymphocyte, developed in bone marrow, that circulates in the blood and lymph and, upon encountering a particular foreign antigen, differentiates into a clone of plasma cells that secrete a specific antibody and a clone of memory cells that make the antibody on subsequent encounters. -
butterwort
a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae