Word: secretin
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
cre
tin
Definition: A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity
Morphemes:
Affix: secrete
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sēcrētus
Language: la
Decoded: secretus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: put apart, sundered, severed, separated, having been separated
Affix: -in
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an enzyme