Word: secretins
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: se
cre
tins
Definition: Plural of secretin; a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine
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
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).