endocrine

English

Alternative forms

• endocrin (dated)

Etymology

From French endocrine, from endo- + Ancient Greek κρίνω (krínō, “to separate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛndə(ʊ)kɹaɪn/, /ˈɛndə(ʊ)kɹɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnd.oʊ.kɹɪn/

Adjective

endocrine (not comparable)

1. Producing internal secretions that are transported around the body by the bloodstream.
2. Pertaining to the endocrine glands or their secretions.

Coordinate terms

• autocrine
• exocrine
• heterocrine
• paracrine

Derived terms

• endocrinal
• endocrine gland
• endocrine system
• endocrinology
• neoendocrine
• synaptocrine

 

Translations

producing internal secretions that are transported around the body by the bloodstream

• Asturian: endocrín
• Belarusian: эндакры́нны (endakrýnny)
• Catalan: endocrí
• Czech: endokrinní (cs)
• Finnish: umpieritteinen (fi), endokriininen (fi)
• French: endocrine (fr)
• Galician: endocrino
• German: endokrin (de)
• Greek: ενδοκρινής (el) (endokrinís)
• Hungarian: endokrin (hu)
• Irish: inchríneach
• Italian: endocrino (it)
• Japanese: 内分泌 (ja) (ないぶんぴつ, naibunpitsu)
• Khmer: អង់ដូគ្រីន (óngdokrin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endokrin

• Portuguese: endócrino (pt)
• Romanian: endocrin (ro)
• Russian: эндокри́нный (ru) (endokrínnyj)
• Spanish: endocrino (es)
• Swedish: endokrin (sv)
• Ukrainian: ендокри́нний (endokrýnnyj)
• Vietnamese: nội tiết (vi)

pertaining to the endocrine glands or their secretions

• Finnish: umpirauhas-, endokriininen (fi)
• German: endokrin (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endokrin

• Polish: dokrewny, endokrynny (pl), hormonalny (pl), wewnątrzwydzielniczy
• Romanian: endocrin (ro)

Noun

endocrine (plural endocrines)

1. The secretion of an endocrine gland.
2. An endocrine gland.

Anagrams

• enderonic

Italian

Adjective

endocrine

1. feminine plural of endocrino