Endocrine

/ˈɛnd.oʊ.kɹɪn/

Synonyms for "endocrine" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(3 words)
ductlessductless glandendocrinal
Noun(3 words)
ductless glandendocrine glandendocrine regulation network

Strong matches (17)

Adjective(8 words)
endocrine-relatedendocrinologicalglandhormonalhormonal basishormonal causehormonal controlhormonal imbalance
Noun(2 words)
endocrineshormonal regulation mechanism

Related words (28)

Adjective(4 words)
hormonal regulation pathwayhormonal releasehormonal systemreproductive hormone dysregulation
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Noun(3 words)
hormonehormone secreting cellsinternal secretion

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries
biological regulationbiological systemglandorganphysiological processphysiological systemsecretersecretionsecretorsecretory organ

More specific

7 entries
adrenal glandendocrine glandendocrine signalinghormone actionparathyroid glandpituitary glandthyroid gland

Collocations

9 entries
ductless glandendocrine disruptorendocrine functionendocrine glandendocrine hormoneendocrine signalingendocrine systemhormone productionhormone secretion

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common endocrine disorder in women from young adulthood to early middle age.

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The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland.

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The thyroid is an endocrine gland.

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His research has produced proteomics maps for each species of fish he studies, showing all the proteins expressed in a given endocrine tissue (e.g., liver, adrenal gland, testes, ovary).

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