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cosecretion

cosecretion noun: concurrent secretion, as for example with secretion of both growth hormone and prolactin in some pituitary adenomas containing multiple cell lineages.

Noun

cosecretion (uncountable)

  1. Concurrent secretion, as for example with secretion of both growth hormone and prolactin in some pituitary adenomas containing multiple cell lineages.

Origin of cosecretion

From co- + secretion or co- + secrete + -ion.

Questions about cosecretion

What does cosecretion mean?
Cosecretion means concurrent secretion, as for example with secretion of both growth hormone and prolactin in some pituitary adenomas containing multiple cell lineages.
What part of speech is cosecretion?
Cosecretion is a noun.

Words near cosecretion in the dictionary

  1. coseasonal
  2. coseasonally
  3. cosecant
  4. cosecants
  5. cosecreted
  6. cosecretion
  7. cosection
  8. cosections
  9. cosed
  10. cosediment
  11. cosedimentation

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