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endocrine definition

endo·crine (en′dō krin′, -krīn′, -krēn′; -də-)

adjective

  1. designating or of any gland producing one or more hormones
  2. designating or of such a hormone

Etymology: endo- + Gr krinein, to separate: see crisis

noun

any such gland or hormone, as the thyroid or its thyroxine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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