erittelee

Erittelee is a Finnish verb form derived from erittää, meaning to secrete, excrete, or discharge a substance produced by glands, organs, or cells. The term is commonly used in biology, medicine, botany and microbiology to describe the act of producing and releasing fluids such as saliva, mucus, hormones, enzymes, or metabolic wastes. The form erittelee represents the third-person singular present indicative.

The infinitive erittää denotes the general action of secretion. A related noun, erite, refers to a secretion or discharge, and eritteet is the plural form. These words appear frequently in scientific and clinical texts when detailing physiological processes, laboratory findings, or descriptions of how substances are produced and released by living systems.

In practical usage, erittelee is used to describe ongoing secretion by a singular subject, such as a gland or cell. For example, in a medical context a gland erittelee hormones, indicating an active process of hormone release. While primarily found in formal or technical writing, the term can appear in educational materials and research descriptions.

See also: erite (secretion) and eritte—related terminology in the study of physiological processes. The verb erittää and its forms should not be confused with eritellä, a different Finnish verb meaning to differentiate or distinguish.