[syn: endocrine, endocrinal]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
endocrine
adj 1: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions;
"endocrine system" [syn: endocrine, endocrinal] [ant:
exocrine]
n 1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by
the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
[syn: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion]
2: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete
hormones directly into the bloodstream [syn: endocrine
gland, endocrine, ductless gland]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "endocrine":
adrenal, autacoid, bile, chalone, digestive secretion, eccrine,
exocrine, gall, gastric juice, glandular, glandulous, gonadal,
holocrine, hormone, humoral, intestinal juice, luteal, merocrine,
mucus, ovarian, pancreatic, pancreatic juice, prostatic,
prostatic fluid, rheum, salivary secretion, semen, sperm,
splenetic, tears, thymic, thyroidal, thyroxin