Definition of Secreta

1. products of secretion [n]

Medical Definition of Secreta

1. 1. The process of elaborating a specific product as a result of the activity of a gland, this activity may range from separating a specific substance of the blood to the elaboration of a new chemical substance. 2. Any substance produced by secretion. Origin: L. Secretio, from secernere = to secrete (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secreta

secret Santa
secret Santas
secret admirer
secret admirers
secret agent
secret agents
secret approval
secret ballot
secret code
secret of Polichinelle
secret plan
secret police
secret service
secret society
secret writing
secreta (current term)
secretage
secretagogue
secretagogues
secretaire
secretarial
secretarial school
secretarially
secretariat
secretariate
secretariates
secretariats
secretaried
secretaries

Literary usage of Secreta

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.) (1887)
"ON THE CORRELATION OF THE secreta AND EXCRETA OF THE ORGANISM. At the suggestion of Professor Riegel, STICKER and HUBNER (Zeitsch.f. kiln. Med., B. xii. ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"... Cancelleria Ducale, Cancelleria secreta, preserved in the Convent of the Frari, at Venice. IN recent years a new tendency has been given to historical ..."

3. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"Authenticity of " secreta Monita " Demonstrated.—The Jesuits deny the authenticity of this ... Among these the MS. of the secreta Monita was discovered. ..."

4. A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated by Herbert Broom (1854)
"... INTERIORA secreta. (8 Rep. 291.) Acts indicate the intention. The law, in some cases, judges of a man's previous intentions by his subsequent acts; and, ..."

5. The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from Its by Thomas Joseph Campbell (1921)
"... CHAPTER IX BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Aquaviva and the Spanish Opposition — Vitelleschi — The " Monita secreta "; Morlin — Roding—" Historia ..."

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