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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("endocrine system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "endocrine system"):
ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)
Holonyms ("endocrine system" is a part of...):
body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))
Context examples:
Your endocrine system includes eight major glands throughout your body.
(Endocrine Diseases, NIH)
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the endocrine system.
(Non-Neoplastic Endocrine Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the role of the endocrine system in the development of disease.
(Endocrine Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)
Study of the functions and activities of the endocrine system as a whole or of any of its parts.
(Endocrine Physiology, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms, physical examination results, and/or laboratory test results related to the endocrine system.
(Endocrine System Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
Destructive or removal of any part of the endocrine system by surgical means, including the use of lasers or electrical current.
(Ablative Endocrine Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes secretogranin-1 protein, is involved in the regulation of interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems.
(CHGB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A domain for physiological findings related to the endocrine system, including the glands and cells that make hormones that are released directly into the blood and travel to tissues and organs all over the body.
(Endocrine System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The chemicals —bisphenol F and bisphenol S (known as BPF and BPS)— are being used increasingly by food packaging manufacturers as substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA), which studies have found disrupts endocrine systems and causes numerous health problems.
(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
