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Look up: endocrine

  1. endocrine
    [adj] - of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Endocrine
    Endocrine glands produce hormones which are passed into the bloodstream and affect parts of the body which are often distant from the gland itself.
    Found on http://www.ifcresourcecentre.co.uk/gloss

  3. Endocrine
    Glandular tissues that secrete (make and release) hormones directly into the blood stream. For example, the endocrine gland cells in the pancreas secrete insulin into the blood.
    Found on http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/glossary.as

  4. Endocrine
    Relating to the secretion of hormones. The endocrine system consists of various glands which produce hormones
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  5. Endocrine
    An internal secretion.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  6. Endocrine
    Endocrine: Pertaining to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the bloodstream through which they travel to affect distant organs. The endocrine sites include the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid, parathyroids, heart (which makes atrial-natriuretic peptide), the stomach and intestines, islets of Langerhans in t ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  7. endocrine
    Pertaining to internal secretions, hormonal. ... Compare: exocrine. ... Origin: Gr. Krinein = to separate ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. endocrine
    endocrinal adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; `endocrine system`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. endocrine
    (en´do-krin) (en´do-krīn) secreting internally. pertaining to internal secretions; hormonal.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  10. endocrine
    (endo- + Gr. krinein to separate) pertaining to internal secretions; hormonal. Cf. exocrine.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  11. endocrine
    endocrine 1. A reference to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the bloodstream through which they travel to affect distant organs. 2. Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. 3. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a spec...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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