secernent

English

Etymology

Latin secernens.

Noun

secernent (plural secernents)

1. That which promotes secretion.
2. (anatomy) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.

Adjective

secernent (not comparable)

1. (biology) Secreting; secretory.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “secernent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• sentencer

Latin

Verb

sēcernent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of sēcernō