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Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
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secretor
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n. 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 (context physiology English) A cell, tissue or organ such as a gland, that produces ...
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n. any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream [syn: gland , secretory organ , secreter ]
Usage examples of secretor.
The semen on the shirt had been deposited by a secretor with blood group A.
It turns out the semen came from a secretor, so they could do a quick determination of blood type.
Her own people killed her, horribly, for betraying the secretor so the story goes.
The perp was a secretor, and from his sperm they determined he had AB blood.