secretory organ

Questions about secretory organ

What is another word for secretory organ?

It depends which secretory organ you mean. In the sense “any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream”, the synonyms are gland, secretor, secreter. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of secretory organ?

WordNet records no antonym for secretory organ. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for secretory organ come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of secretory organ

• Full entry for secretory organAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for secretory organWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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