secretase
— Noun
– English
～ a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)
secrete
— Verb
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～ generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
secrete
— Verb
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～ place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"
secreter
— Noun
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～ any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
secretin
— Noun
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～ 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
secretion
— Noun
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～ the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
secretion
— Noun
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～ a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
secretive
— Adjective
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～ inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
secretiveness
— Noun
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～ the trait of keeping things secret
secretiveness
— Noun
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～ characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
secretor
— Noun
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～ any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
secretory organ
— Noun
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～ any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
secretory phase
— Noun
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～ the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
secretory
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or producing a secretion; "a secretory cell"
sect
— Noun
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～ a subdivision of a larger religious group
sectarian
— Noun
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～ a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"
sectarian
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences"
sectarian
— Adjective
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～ belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology"
sectarianism
— Noun
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～ a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism"