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endocrine
[ en-duh-krin, -krahyn, -kreen ]
adjective
- secreting internally into the blood or lymph.
- of or relating to an endocrine gland or its secretion.
noun
- an internal secretion; hormone.
endocrine
/ ˈɛndəʊˌkraɪn; -krɪn /
adjective
- of or denoting endocrine glands or their secretions
endocrine disorders
noun
- an endocrine gland
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Example Sentences
After surgery, the patients all received the standard therapy of chemo, radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.
WGA may also have direct toxic effects on the heart, endocrine, and immune systems, and even the brain.
In Vienna she had undergone a new medical process, involving her endocrine glands, that rejuvenates the body and skin.
Better By Atul Gawande It may be disconcerting that a gifted writer spends much of his working day performing endocrine surgery.
They are called endocrine glands or organs, and their chemical contributions to the blood are known as hormones.
It is simply all the endocrine or hormone-producing organs organized into a balanced chemical system—adjusted to each other.
We'll change your metabolism, your endocrine balance, toughen your muscle fibers a thousandfold.
Of the endocrine glands, we will mention only two, which are known to play an important part in mental life.
"I'm not so sure about that endocrine shift, sir," Tensor stated emotionlessly.
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