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What does secretory mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion.
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Separate fragments of secretory endometrium with decidual stromal reaction and inactive glands were also seen.
In plants, particularly due to the size of the vacuole, the secretory organelles account for the majority of the cell volume.
The non-osmotic laxatives, phenolphthalein and senna, partly act by stimulating secretory mechanisms in the intestine.
An efferent cuticular tubule, or duct, leads out of the end of the vesicle towards the center of the secretory lobe.
In all eukaryotic cells, the Golgi apparatus is a central organelle in the secretory processes.
A distinguishing feature of the secretory machinery is that insulin is secreted in a pulsatory manner with a period on the order of minutes.

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