secerning, ppl. a.
(sɪˈsɜːnɪŋ)
[f. secern v. + -ing2.]
= secernent a.
| a 1721 J. Keill Anim. Œcon. (1738) 104 The Secretions are formed in the Blood, before they arrive at their secerning Glands. 1804 T. Trotter Ess. Drunkenness iv. §11. 134 All secreted fluids partake of the vices of the secerning organ. a 1843 J. F. South in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 259/1 Of the Secerning Glands or True Glands. |