secernment
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Secernment — Se*cern ment, n. (Physiol.) The act or process of secreting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
secernment — se·cern·ment … English syllables
secernment — noun 1. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance • Syn: ↑secretion • Derivationally related forms: ↑secrete (for: ↑secretion) • Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
secern — secernment, n. /si serrn /, v.t. 1. to discriminate or distinguish in thought. v.i. 2. to become secerned. [1620 30; < L secernere, equiv. to se SE + cernere to sift (cf. DISCERN)] * * * … Universalium
excretion — Synonyms and related words: cleaning out, clearance, clearing, defecation, depletion, discharging cargo, drainage, draining, effusion, egress, elimination, emptying, evacuation, exfiltration, exhausting, exhaustion, external secretion,… … Moby Thesaurus
lactation — Synonyms and related words: chyle, chylifaction, chylification, colostrum, discharge, excretion, external secretion, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flux, fluxility, fluxion, gleet, humor, ichor, internal secretion, juiciness, lachryma,… … Moby Thesaurus
weeping — Synonyms and related words: awash, bathed, bawling, blubbering, cascading, cry, crying, dangling, deluged, dependent, depending, dipped, dissolved in tears, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, effusion, engulfed, excretion,… … Moby Thesaurus
secern — v.t. secrete; separate; discriminate. ♦ secernent, n. & a. (thing) secreting or causing secretion. ♦ secernment, n … Dictionary of difficult words
basic cognitive process — noun cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑cognitive process, ↑mental process, ↑operation, ↑cognitive operation • Hyponyms: ↑attention, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
biological process — noun a process occurring in living organisms • Syn: ↑organic process • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑physical process • Hyponyms: ↑adaptation, ↑adaption, ↑adj … Useful english dictionary
