secretion
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Synonyms
caching, concealment, hiding, stashing
Antonyms
display, exhibition, exposure, parading, showing
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Hand, foot, and mouth is passed on through contact with an infected person’s nasal secretions, throat discharge, or saliva. — Korin Miller, SELF, "This Baseball Star Is Out Sick With Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease," 26 July 2018 But as a quick lesson, nasolingus concerns licking or sucking on someone's nose and sometimes consuming the nose's secretions. — Kenny Thapoung, Marie Claire, "9 Fascinating Sex Fetishes Every Woman Should Be Aware Of," 6 Oct. 2015 What’s the harm in believing that there are beaver butt gland secretions in my vanilla ice cream? — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Flatworms fence with their penises and other gross science facts," 21 Oct. 2018 The plant is the only host for their eggs and sole sustenance for the caterpillars, which feed on milky secretions from the leaves. — Calvin Woodward, Fox News, "A makeover for milkweed, for the sake of butterflies," 31 July 2018 Too much exposure to blue light at night suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep cycles. — Gina Tomaine, Good Housekeeping, "I Wore Blue Light Blocking Glasses Every Day for a Week — Here’s What I Learned," 11 July 2018 Treatment will likely include drugs to dry out the patients’ secretions and seizure medication. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Novichok nerve agent strikes two new victims in the UK," 4 July 2018 Choanoflagellates have genes for tyrosine kinases, enzymes that, in complex animals, help control the functions of specialized cells, such as insulin secretion in the pancreas. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "The momentous transition to multicellular life may not have been so hard after all," 28 June 2018 For the past couple years, people from here (as in, in the U.S.) to South Korea have been all about smearing snail secretions on their faces. — Devon Abelman, Allure, "People Are Using Snail Slime to Heal Their Tattoos — But Is This Controversial Aftercare Safe?," 6 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'secretion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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