secretor

English

Alternative forms

• secreter

Etymology

secrete +‎ -or.

Noun

secretor (plural secretors)

1. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
2. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
3. (physiology) A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.

Antonyms

• (person who secretes blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids): nonsecretor

Anagrams

• Rocester, Terceros, erectors

Galician

Adjective

secretor (feminine secretora, masculine plural secretores, feminine plural secretoras)

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Further reading

• “secretor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sécréteur.

Adjective

secretor m or n (feminine singular secretoare, masculine plural secretori, feminine and neuter plural secretoare)

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Declension

Declension of secretor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	secretor		secretoare	secretori	secretoare
	definite	secretorul		secretoarea	secretorii	secretoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	secretor		secretoare	secretori	secretoare
	definite	secretorului		secretoarei	secretorilor	secretoarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekɾeˈtoɾ/ [se.kɾeˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: se‧cre‧tor

Adjective

secretor (feminine secretora, masculine plural secretores, feminine plural secretoras)

1. secreting

Noun

secretor m (plural secretores)

1. secretor

Further reading

• “secretor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014