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prosecretory

prosecretory adjective: that leads to secretion.

Adjective

prosecretory (not comparable)

  1. That leads to secretion
    • Functional studies [26 –28 ] also suggest a role as secretomotor neurons for the cholinergic subpopulation showing that ACh exhibits a strong prosecretory effect in the porcine gastrointestinal tract, including the proximal colon.2015 August 1, “Architecture and Chemical Coding of the Inner and Outer Submucous Plexus in the Colon of Piglets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of prosecretory

From pro- + secretory.

Questions about prosecretory

What does prosecretory mean?
Prosecretory means that leads to secretion.
What part of speech is prosecretory?
Prosecretory is an adjective.

Words near prosecretory in the dictionary

  1. Prosecco Stormfront
  2. proseccos
  3. prosecrecy
  4. prosecretin
  5. prosecretins
  6. prosecretory
  7. prosect
  8. prosected
  9. prosecting
  10. prosection
  11. prosections

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