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Secrete

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Secrete meaning

Separated.

Example sentences (20)

Neurosecretory cells in an insect's brain secrete a hormone, the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) that activates prothoracic glands, which secrete a second hormone, usually ecdysone (an ecdysteroid ), that induces ecdysis.

The parathyroid chief cells secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH) in response to a fall in the plasma ionized calcium level; the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland secrete calcitonin in response to a rise in the plasma ionized calcium level.

Animals secrete these pheromones to trigger different kinds of behaviour.

The new treatment involves a single dose of pegylated interferon lambda, a synthetic version of a naturally occurring protein that infected cells secrete to defend against viral infection.

A major operation then began on the ground to secrete the drugs in these bunkers.

If you’re regularly lifting weights, your body will be forced to secrete more testosterone levels to keep up.

Instead, Mr Scott, said guardsmen must take their bathing suits with them and subsequently 'secrete their Speedos' inside their bearskin caps for the journey back, which he admitted could sometimes 'present problems'.

In this disease, both adrenal glands in the above kidney secrete excess hormone cortisol and if not treated early leads to cardiac disease and stroke and early death.

The researchers discovered that this is because Tipple plants secrete large amounts of sugars called hexoses (such as glucose or fructose), which Pseudomonas especially like to eat.

Isarachnanthus nocturnus, a species found in Brazil, was found to secrete toxins similar to those of the Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), whose venom can be lethal to humans and forms pores in cell walls.

Marijuana is bulkier than other drugs and more difficult to secrete in a cross-border shipment.

The lady who shared her secrete with a Twitter influencer to post on his timeline revealed she met her man right from childhood.

The more hairs the animal had, the more glands in the skin to secrete these compounds, he learned.

They secrete information and energy that have been dormant for a long time.

When such cells encounter blood sugar, they secrete insulin.

After a series of experiments, Bourouiba suspected that the reason infected bubbles last longer and thin much faster after a period of time is because of what they secrete – a theory later proven correct.

After hatching from eggs, “crawlers” begin feeding on the underside of needles and secrete a cover around themselves as they grow, creating the “scale” that is visible.

Mitochondria in the white blood cells secrete a web of DNA fibres that raises the alarm.

Mostly, by stinking when threatened: they secrete an oily musk and do their best to smear it all over everything, particularly you.

Perhaps secrete a microfibre cloth in one, to dab away layer-induced perspiration.