Secretion

(se -function kre' '- shun of)certain. The natural the body, mainly the glands and follicles. It consists in the separation and elaboration of fluid or semi-fluid substances differing according to the organ in which they are secreted. Also, the substance secreted. S., Analytic, the saliva secreted by a submaxillary gland with intact nerves, as distinguished from that which flows from a gland which has had its nerves divided (Langley). S., Menstrual, menstrual blood. S., Paralytic, the abnormal discharge from a gland after section of its motor nerve. S., Sebaceous, sebum. S., Internal, the secretion of an organ that is not excreted or discharged, as, e.g., glycogen.