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Adjective endocrine has 1 sense
  1. endocrine, endocrinal - of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system"
    Antonym: exocrine
,Noun endocrine has 2 senses
  1. hormone, endocrine, internal secretion - the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
    --1 is a kind of secretion
    --1 has particulars:
     adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin; epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin; gastrin; ghrelin; glucagon; gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone; insulin; melatonin; neurohormone; oxytocin, Pitocin; parathyroid hormone, parathormone; relaxin; releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor; secretin; somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone; thymosin; thyroid hormone; vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin; steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone; adrenosterone; glucocorticoid; catecholamine; melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH; thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH; thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRH, thyrotropin-releasing factor, TRF, protirelin
  2. endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland - any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
    --2 is a kind of gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter
    --2 is a part of endocrine system
    --2 has particulars:
     thyroid gland, thyroid; parathyroid gland, parathyroid; adrenal gland, adrenal, suprarenal gland; prostate gland, prostate; thymus gland, thymus; pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis; anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis; pars distilis, pars anterior; pars intermedia; posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa; pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis; islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans; adrenal cortex; adrenal medulla; corpus luteum; gonad, sex gland
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