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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Secreting internally.
  2. adj. Of or relating to endocrine glands or the hormones secreted by them.
  3. n. The secretion of an endocrine gland; a hormone.
  4. n. An endocrine gland.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Producing internal secretions that are transported around the body by the bloodstream.
  2. adj. Pertaining to the endocrine glands or their secretions.
  3. n. The secretion of an endocrine gland.
  4. n. An endocrine gland.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
  2. n. any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
  3. n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Etymologies

  1. From endo- + Ancient Greek κρίνειν (krinein, "to separate"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French : Greek endo-, endo- + Greek krīnein, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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