secretory
adjective
se·cre·to·ry ˈsē-krə-ˌtȯr-ē 
especially British si-ˈkrē-t(ə-)rē
: of, relating to, or promoting secretion
also : produced by secretion
Word History
First Known Use
1692, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
secretory
adjective
se·cre·to·ry
ˈsē-krə-ˌtȯr-ē, especially British si-ˈkrēt-(ə-)rē
: of, relating to, or promoting secretion
also : produced by secretion
- by half
- by halves
- by hand
- by heart
- by hook or by crook
- by inches
- by invitation only
- by itself
- by jove
- by leaps and bounds
- by letter
- by machine
- by magic
- by marriage
- by means of
- by mistake
- by mutual consent
- by necessity
- by night
- by no means
- by no stretch of the imagination
- by numbers
- by one's lonesome
- by one's own account
- by one's own admission