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Definition of Secernment
1. Noun. The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance.
Specialized synonyms: Galactosis, Hypersecretion, Salivation
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Secrete
2. Noun. The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished.
Generic synonyms: Basic Cognitive Process
Specialized synonyms: Differentiation, Distinction, Individualisation, Individualization, Individuation, Appreciation, Discernment, Perceptiveness, Taste
Derivative terms: Discriminate, Discriminate
Definition of Secernment
1. n. The act or process of secreting.
Definition of Secernment
1. Noun. (physiology) The act or process of secreting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Secernment
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Secernment
Literary usage of Secernment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1856)
"the same general plan of cell-change to elaborate the mental impress upon the
physical organization as produces the secernment of bile, or protection of the ..."
2. The Yellow Book by Fraser Harrison (1894)
"But with the universal use of cosmetics and the •consequent secernment of soul
and surface, which, at the risk of irritating a reader, I must again insist ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"... and that the circulating mass may thus become charged with an undue proportion
of earthy matter, which, through the medium of secernment, is detained in ..."
4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1822)
"... and that the circulating mass may thus become charged with an undue proportion
of earthy matter, which, through the medium of secernment, is detained in ..."
5. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1835)
"... and the means also for rejecting from the body the residuum after the secernment
for the above purposes of the finer life-supporting products. ..."
6. The study of medicine by John Mason Good (1825)
"... are produced while it lies on the surface of the sore, usually, when not
exposed to external air, in about fifteen minutes after its secernment. ..."
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