National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Cellular Secretion

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17119

ALT_DEFINITION

To form and release a substance. In the body, cells secrete substances, such as sweat that cools the body or hormones that act in other parts of the body.

glandular production of a hormone or other substance which will perform a specialized function outside the gland.

code

C17119

DEFINITION

Production by a cell or aggregation of cells (a gland) of a physiologically active substance and its movement out of the cell or organ in which it is formed. Discharge across the cell membrane, into the intracellular space or ducts, of endogenous substances resulting from the activity of intact cells of glands, tissues, or organs.

FULL_SYN

Secreted

Secretion, Cellular

secrete

Secretory

Secretion

Secreting

label

Cellular Secretion

Legacy_Concept_Name

Cellular_Secretion

Preferred_Name

Cellular Secretion

prefixIRI

C17119

prefLabel

Cellular Secretion

Semantic_Type

Cell Function

UMLS_CUI

C0036536

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C19950

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