Secernment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The process or act of separating or secreting; secretion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of secreting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or process of secreting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
  • noun. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
  • Word Usage
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