secretory organ

Questions about secretory organ

What does secretory organ mean?

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

What is another word for secretory organ?

Close synonyms include gland, secretor, secreter. 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 secretory organ a common word?

secretory organ 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.