secretion

controlled release of substances by cells or tissues
Intangible biological_process Q84230
secretion
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secretion

Summary

secretion is a biological process[1]. secretion draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #171 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • secretion's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • secretion's instance of is recorded as biological pathway[4].
  • secretion is a type of transport[5].
  • secretion's Commons category is recorded as Secretory vesicles[6].
  • secretion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Secretion[7].
  • secretion's product or material produced is recorded as secretion[8].
  • secretion's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • secretion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • secretion's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • secretion's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • secretion's different from is recorded as Sekrecja[13].
  • secretion's studied by is recorded as eccrinology[14].
  • secretion's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0046903[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include biological process[3] and biological pathway[4]. secretion is a type of transport[5].

Why It Matters

secretion draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #171 of 442).[2] secretion has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] secretion is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product
    Studied by eccrinology
    Instance of
    Subclass of transport
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1097, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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