SECRETORY ORGAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

gland; secreter; secretor; secretory organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("secretory organ" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Meronyms (parts of "secretory organ"):

acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secretory organ"):

green gland (one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae)

sericterium; serictery; silk gland (silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders)

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)