Pronounced: uh-SPUHRS, verb
Notes: Yet another word I’ve not run across
Yesterday’s word
The word secretory means “relating to the release of a substance from a cell, gland, or an organ”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word secernere (to distinguish), which came from se- (apart) and cernere (to sift).
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