secreter

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsglandsecretory organsecretor

   Broaderorgan

   Narrowergreen glandsilk glandexocrine glandendocrine gland

   Partsacinus

Other forms of secreter

plural

secreters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about secreter

What does secreter mean?

secreter means "any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream".

How many syllables are in secreter?

secreter has 3 syllables: se-cre-ter. The stress falls on "se".

What is another word for secreter?

Close synonyms include gland, secretory organ, secretor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is secreter a common word?

secreter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.