- [uncountable]
the process by which liquid substances are produced by parts of the body or plants 分泌 the secretion of bile by the liver 肝脏分泌胆汁的过程
- [countable, usually plural]
a liquid substance produced by parts of the body or plants 分泌物 bodily secretions 人体分泌物
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French sécrétion or Latin secretio(n-) ‘separation’, from secret- ‘moved apart’, from the verb secernere.