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Definition of Secretor

1. Noun. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.

Definition of Secretor

1. Noun. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid). ¹

2. Noun. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids. ¹

3. Noun. (physiology) A cell, tissue or organ such as a gland, that produces a bodily secretion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Secretor

1. one that secretes [n -S] - See also: secretes

Medical Definition of Secretor

1. An individual whose bodily fluids (saliva, semen, vaginal secretions) contain a water-soluble form of the antigens of the ABO blood group. Secretors constitute 80% of the population. In forensic medicine, the examination of fluids has enhanced the ability of law enforcement officials to develop identifying information about perpetrators and narrow a field of suspects. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Secretor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"This nerve therefore contains both vaso-dilatator and secretor fibers (see ... It is highly probable that the vaso-dilatator and secretor fibers in the ..."

2. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1890)
"MINNIE О. CLARK secretor» Kansas C¡t>. Me. Higher.« iU'KiE R. CUTTING Secretary,and Acting President Lake Finest, Hl. Normal. ..."

3. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"A similar organ is found in Phryganea gran- iv. Jelly-secretor ... In the Scorpion, we learn from Marcel de Serves that the poison-secretor is clothed ..."

4. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System: Delivered at La Salpêtrière by Jean Martin Charcot (1879)
"... induces a modification of the intimate nutrition of the secretor cells—and then, in consequence of this change, vascular dilatation would take place. ..."

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