| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·do·crine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n d -kr n, -kr n , -kr n |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Secreting internally. 2. Of or relating to endocrine glands or the hormones secreted by them. | | NOUN: | 1. The secretion of an endocrine gland; a hormone. 2. An endocrine gland. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : Greek endo-, endo- + Greek krnein, to separate; see krei- in Appendix I.
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