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English
Etymology
From secrete + -or.
Noun
secretor (plural secretors)
- A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
- A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
- (physiology) A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “person who secretes blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids”): nonsecretor
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sekɾɛˈtoɾ/
- IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tor
Adjective
secretor (feminine secretora, masculine plural secretores, feminine plural secretoras)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sécréteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.kreˈtor/
- Rhymes: -or
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tor
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/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: se‧cre‧tor
Adjective
secretor (feminine secretora, masculine plural secretores, feminine plural secretoras)
- secreting
Noun
secretor m (plural secretores)
- secretor
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