(se-kre´tә-re) (se´krә-tor″e) pertaining to secretion.
• (a.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. • (n.) A secretory vessel; a secernent.
adjective of or relating to or producing a secretion; ` a secretory cell`
Se·cre'to·ry adjective [ Confer French sécrétoire . See Secrete .] (Physiol.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office of secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. -- noun A secretory vessel; a secernent. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: se-krē′tō-rē Definitions: 1. Relating to secretion or the secretions.