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secretes

verb

Meaning

  1. (of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
  2. To exude or yield.
  3. To conceal.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data