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Synonyms for secrete

to put or keep out of sight

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Synonyms for secrete

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

place out of sight

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HOW IT EATS: Plant cells secrete digestive and slowly absorb the insect's tissues.
Meanwhile, they secrete chemicals to rev up an even bigger immune attack by troops such as T cells and B cells.
Indeed, it turned out that Parteth cells make Ang4 and secrete it when they detect bacteria.
Fat cells grow larger, gain additional lipid and secrete proteins linked to cancer, the findings showed.The researchers also found a correlation between BMI and angiogenesis and adhesion, key indicators of progression.
The company's new patent covers the production method of its proprietary stem cells induced to secrete significantly elevated levels of neurotrophic factors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
This disaster came about because the legitimately elected president, Victor Yanukovic, was able to, overtly, steal vast sums from his country and secrete it in London, by means of the dubious instrument known as the Limited Liability Partnership.
Micro- and macroadenomas that secrete GH or ACTH have comparable vascular densities, whereas macroprolactinomas are significantly more vascular than microprolactinomas [8].
Scientists at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), in collaboration with researchers at Imperial College London, have discovered a new way to instruct isolated stem cells in a laboratory setting to secrete insulin when it is needed to maintain the correct sugar level in the body's circulation.
Gonadotroph tumors usually secrete their products inefficiently and in low concentrations and, thus, very rarely cause any clinical syndrome other than sellar mass effects (3), (4).
In lampreys, spawning males secrete a pheromone, 3-keto-petromyzonal sulfate, from their gall bladder, attracting females seeking a mate.
But studies have established that fat cells can secrete certain hormones and other substances much like other organs in the body.
Researchers have found a protein that metastatic tumors don't secrete. Metastasis is one of the leading causes of death from cancer.
Sometime prior to birth, the anterior pituitary gland starts to secrete Human Growth Hormone (HGH).