Secrete \Se*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secreting}.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See {Secret}, and cf. {Discrete}, {Discreet}.] 1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See {Secretion}.
Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know. --Carpenter.
Syn: To conceal; hide. See {Conceal}.
One target is Helicobacter pylori, an important cause of peptic ulcers. Magainin Pharmaceutical, based in Pennsylvania, is focusing on defensive peptides which frogs secrete from their skins.
"For some reason there are blood cells that have the antibody, but do not secrete it," said Ansari.
The experiments showed that, as the researchers hoped, ATP and UTP both induced the cells to secrete increased amounts of chloride and that they were more effective in cystic fibrosis patients than in healthy persons.
"For some reason there are blood cells that have the antibody, but do not secrete it," Ansari said, adding that the ELISA and Western Blot tests would not be able to detect the antibodies.
In both, the body fails to properly secrete a protective mucus shield.
He hopes to learn if cells that secrete hormones malfunction in low gravity because their structure is changed.