Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands: the neuroendocrine apparatus in birds.
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- adj. Of or pertaining to the nervous system and endocrine system together
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- adj. of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Mr. Jobs had what is called a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor, a type that accounts for fewer than 5% of pancreatic cancers and, experts say, differs substantially from the more common kind.
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This idea has been dubbed the neuroendocrine theory of aging by the esteemed Ward Dean, M.D., and others.
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"We are not sure what underlying biological mechanism underpins this relationship, but one possible explanation might be that both the childhood behaviour and the adult CWP are due to a long-term neuroendocrine dysfunction beginning in early life.
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"We are not sure what underlying biological mechanism underpins this relationship, but one possible explanation might be that both the childhood behavior and the adult CWP are due to a long-term neuroendocrine dysfunction beginning in early life.
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Jobs had surgery in 2004 for an unusual type of tumor on his pancreas called a neuroendocrine tumor.
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Jobs had surgery in 2004 for an unusual type of tumour on his pancreas called a neuroendocrine tumour.
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The cancer, called neuroendocrine tumor, was discovered in Jobs's pancreas.
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Steve Jobs, the late Apple Inc. chief executive officer, spent $100,000 to have his cancer genome sequenced in an effort to defeat a rare malignancy called neuroendocrine tumor.
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Jobs had a rare form of pancreatic cancer called a neuroendocrine tumor.
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Doctors reiterated that Jobs' rare type of disease, called neuroendocrine cancer, is known to be slow-growing and even treatable.
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