secretor

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Definition of secretor in English English dictionary

A cell, tissue or organ such as a gland, that produces a bodily secretion

A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid)

A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids

{i} thing that emits an excretion, thing that produces a secretion, excretory organ

Related Terms

secretors

plural of secretor

Antonyms

non-secretor

Etymology

[ si-'krE-t&r ] (noun.) 1941. secrete + -or