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Definition: Endocrine System |
Endocrine SystemNoun1. The system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The system of glands that release their secretions (hormones) directly into the circulatory system. In addition to the endocrine glands, included are the chromaffin system and the neurosecretory systems. (references) |
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Crosswords: Endocrine System |
| English words defined with "endocrine system": ductless gland ♦ endocrine gland, endocrinologist ♦ hypophysis ♦ pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "endocrine system": Autonomic Agents ♦ Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System ♦ Neuroendocrinology, Neurosecretory Systems. (references) |
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Health | Endocrine disruptors are chemicals which interfere with endocrine system function. (references) | |
For cases of low sexual desire, measurement of testosterone in the blood can yield information about problems with the endocrine system. (references) | ||
Abnormal secondary sex characteristics, such as hair pattern, can point to hormonal problems, which would mean the endocrine system is involved. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
endocrine system | 566 |
disease endocrine system | 24 |
endocrine system diagram | 16 |
human endocrine system | 15 |
endocrine system information | 11 |
endocrine system function | 10 |
disorder endocrine system | 9 |
anatomy endocrine system | 4 |
endocrine system yoga | 2 |
chart endocrine system | 2 |
endocrine system works | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "endocrine system"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | det endokrine system. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | endocrinium. (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | umpieritysjärjestelmä, sisäeritysjärjestelmä. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | système endocrinien, système endocrine. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Endokrinium, endokrines System. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ενδοκρινικό σύστημα. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | sistema endocrino. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | endocrineay ystemsay sistema endocrino. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Endocrine System" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endoctrine system. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: reconditeness. | |
-3 letters: discernments, endorsements, indorsements, rescindments. | |
-4 letters: comediennes, coresidents, discernment, dysenteries, encrimsoned, endorsement, incremented, indorsement, minestrones, nonsystemic, recondenses, remoistened, rescindment, syncretised. | |
-5 letters: centesimos, ceremonies, comedienne, condemners, condensers, condiments, consenters, contemners, contenders, coresident, decimeters, decrements, descension, desertions, determines, directness, dosimeters, dysenteric, encrimsons, endocrines, entireness, entodermic, increments, indecenter, innermosts, intercedes, internodes, mentioners, mesenteric, mesenteron, minestrone, misentered, missteered, modernises, modernists, modernness, moisteners, nemertines, netminders, recensions, recentness, recondense, remoistens, remoteness, resections, residences, secretions, semidesert, semisecret, sentiences, somerseted, sonneteers, stridences, syncretise, syncretism, tendencies, tenderness, tensioners, trendiness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 64 6F 63 72 69 6E 65 53 79 73 74 65 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01010011 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n d o c r i n e   S y s t e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0064 006F 0063 0072 0069 006E 0065 0053 0079 0073 0074 0065 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980708169847580712539185867179 |
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