See Also: mesosecrin(medicine)

soaker (iou) and mesosecrin (medicine)


soaker (iou)



soaker noun. L16.
[formed as SOAKAGE + -ER1.]
A drainer, an exhauster. L16-M17.
A heavy drinker; a drunkard. colloq. L16.
a. A person who soaks something. E17.
b. A heavy drenching rain. L18.
c. A soaking pit. E20.
A sheet of metal used in roofing to keep out rain. L19.
Phrases: old soaker colloq. (a) an old hand at something, an old stager; (b) a regular or heavy drinker.

mesosecrin (medicine)


mesosecrin
<protein> Glycoprotein (46 kD) secreted by mesothelial cells (including endothelium). In culture forms a fine coating on the substratum.