secretor

se·cre·tor also se·cret·er  (s-krtr)

n.

1. A cell, tissue, or organ that produces a secretion.

2. A person whose saliva and other body fluids contain ABO antigens.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

secretor - any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream gland, secreter, secretory organ green gland - one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland - a gland that secretes externally through a duct ductless gland, endocrine gland, endocrine - any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream acinus - one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland