the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
<noun.process>
a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
<noun.body>
Secretion \Se*cre"tion\, n. [L. secretio: cf. F. s['e]cr['e]tion.] 1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
2. (Physiol.) The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions.
3. (Physiol.) Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.
The white secretion also can kill small animals, including cats and dogs, that eat the toad.
Richard picked up a squirming millipede and squashed it, his hand glowing from a luminous secretion. The caves are vast, but huge caverns like the Sarawak Chamber are only accessible to serious cavers.
The new drug does not attack the cancer, but controls secretion of the peptides.
Merck spokesman Gary Bruell said that the company requested approval only for short-term use because the drug was a powerful inhibitor of acid secretion.