Secernment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secernment \Se*cern"ment\, n. (Physiol.)
     The act or process of secreting.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  secernment
       n 1: the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some
            substance [syn: {secretion}]
       2: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are
          distinguished [syn: {discrimination}]