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    SECRETORY ORGAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstreamplay

    Synonyms:

    gland; secreter; secretor; secretory organ

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("secretory organ" is a kind of...):

    organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

    Meronyms (parts of "secretory organ"):

    acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretory organ"):

    green gland (one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae)

    sericterium; serictery; silk gland (silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders)

    duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

    ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

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