endocrine

English

/ˈɛndə(ʊ)kɹaɪn/, /ˈɛnd.oʊ.kɹɪn/

adj
Definitions
  • Producing internal secretions that are transported around the body by the bloodstream.
  • Pertaining to the endocrine glands or their secretions.

Etymology

Borrowed from French endocrine derived from Ancient Greek κρίνω (chosen, separate, judge) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

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Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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