secretor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

secrete + -or.

Noun

secretor (plural secretors)

  1. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
  2. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
  3. (physiology) A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.

Antonyms

  • (person who secretes blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids): nonsecretor

Anagrams


Galician

Adjective

secretor m (feminine singular secretora, masculine plural secretors, feminine plural secretoras)

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Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

From French sécréteur.

Adjective

secretor m or n (feminine singular secretoare, masculine plural secretori, feminine and neuter plural secretoare)

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Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtoɾ/, [sekɾeˈt̪oɾ]
  • Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tor

Adjective

secretor (feminine singular secretora, masculine plural secretores, feminine plural secretoras)

  1. secreting

Noun

secretor m (plural secretores)

  1. secretor
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