secretor

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noun

A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).

Similar
glandsecretory organsecreter
Opposite
nonsecretor
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Meanings

nounsecretor (plural secretors)

plural secretors · alternative secreter

  1. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid).
  2. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids.
  3. medicineA cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “person who secretes blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids”

Opposite
nonsecretor

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

Similar
glandsecretory organsecreter
Broader
organ
Also see
gland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From secrete + -or.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rocester
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secretor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secretor.

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