SECRETION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 21

(Fr.), n. Sa-kra-se-o"n2. See SECRETION. S. externe. Of C. Bernard, the secretion of bile by the liver (cf. 8. interne). [K, 30.] S. interne. The formation or glycogen by the liver (so termed because that substance is retained within the organ and not discharged, like the bile). [K, 30.] [s. 467]