noun
- plural of secretor; people who secrete their ABO blood group antigens in body fluids such as saliva
Usage: medical; genetics
Examples
- About 80% of the population are secretors who can have their blood type determined from saliva.
- Secretors produce water-soluble forms of their blood group substances.
- The forensic team could identify the suspect’s blood type because he was one of the secretors.
- Non-secretors make up roughly 20% of most populations, unlike secretors.
- Medical researchers studied the genetic differences between secretors and non-secretors.