Endocrinology

Definition: Endocrinology

Endocrinology

Noun

1. The branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions.

Specialty Definitions: Endocrinology

Domain	Definitions
Health	A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the metabolism, physiology, and disorders of the endocrine system. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Endocrinology

Domain	Title
Books	Basic & Clinical Endocrinology (reference) Behavioral Endocrinology : Second Edition (reference) Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility (reference) Endocrinology of Aging (Contemporary Endocrinology, Vol 20) (reference) Gastrointestinal Endocrinology (Contemporary Endocrinology, 8) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Current Opinion In Endocrinology & Diabetes (reference) Domestic Animal Endocrinology (reference) Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinics Of North America (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Endocrinology

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Dr. Evelyn Anderson and members of the Endocrinology Section on the steps to Building 3].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Endocrinology

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		DeGroot, Leslie J., ed., et al. "Cushing's Syndrome," Endocrinology. (references)
		Parisien, May, et al. "Bone Disease in Primary Hyperparathyroidism," Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. (references)
		Loriaux, D. Lynn and Cutler, Gordon B., "Diseases of the Adrenal Glands," in Clinical Endocrinology, edited by Peter O. Kohler. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Endocrinology

"Endocrinology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Endocrinology" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	8	124,375

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Endocrinology

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
endocrinology	618
reproductive endocrinology	48
pediatric endocrinology	48
endocrinology journal	21
endocrinology society	10
clinical endocrinology	8
endocrinology and metabolism	7
endocrinology journal metabolism pediatric	7
molecular endocrinology	6
american college endocrinology	6
definition endocrinology	6
endocrinology job	6
doctor endocrinology	5
journal of clinical endocrinology	5
thyroid endocrinology	5
diabetes endocrinology	5
endocrinology nursing pediatric society	5
endocrinology fellowship	4
endocrinology meeting	4
association endocrinology	4
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Modern Translations: Endocrinology

Language		Translations for "endocrinology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		endokrinologji. (various references)

Arabic		‏علم الغدد, ‏علم الصمم. (various references)

Czech		endokrinologie. (various references)

Danish		endokrinologi (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus). (various references)

Dutch		Instituut voor Endocrinologie, Groei en Voortplanting (Growth and Reproduction Institute). (various references)

Finnish		endokrinologia. (various references)

French		endocrinologie (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus). (various references)

German		endokrinologie (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus). (various references)

Greek		ενδοκρινολογία (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus). (various references)

Hebrew		תורת �"�"פרש�" �"פ� ימית. (various references)

Hungarian		endokrinológia. (various references)

Italian		endocrinologia (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus). (various references)

Pig Latin		endocrinologyay

Portuguese		endócrino. (various references)

Romanian		endocrinologie. (various references)

Russian		эндокринология. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		endokrinologija. (various references)

Spanish		endocrinología (endocrinology and diabetes mellitus), ciencia endocrina. (various references)

Swedish		endokrinologi. (various references)

Thai		วิชาแพทย์สาขาหนึ่งที่ศึกษาเกี่ยวกับความผิ�"ปกติของต่อมไร้ท่อ. (various references)

Turkish		endokrinoloji, iç salgı bezleri bilim dalı. (various references)

Ukranian		ендокринологія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Endocrinology

Derivations
	Words ending with "endocrinology": neuroendocrinology. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Endocrinology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endocranology, endocrenology, endocrinoloy, endocronology, endocrynology, endrocrinology, enocrinology. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Endocrinology"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "endocrinology" (pronounced e'ndōkrunÄ"lujē)
9	-k r u n Ä" l u j ē	chronology, dendrochronology.
7	-u n Ä" l u j ē	criminology, terminology.
6	-n Ä" l u j ē	biotechnology, ethnology, Hymnology, immunology, limnology, penology.
5	-Ä" l u j ē	anesthesiology, anthology, anthropology, apology, archaeology, archeology, astrology, bacteriology, biology, cardiology, cosmetology, cytology, dermatology, doxology, ecology, embryology, entomology, epidemiology, epistemology, ethology, etiology, etymology, genealogy, geology, geomorphology, gerontology, graphology, gynecology, histology, ideology, kinesiology, meteorology, methodology, microbiology, micropaleontology, mineralogy, morphology, mycology, mythology, neurology, numerology, oncology, ontology, ophthalmology, ornithology, otology, paleontology, pathology, petrology, pharmacology, physiology, Pomology, psychology, radiology, rheumatology, seismology, serology, sociology, theology, toxicology, urology, virology, zoology.
4	-l u j ē	analogy, cosmology, elegy, eulogy, trilogy.
3	-u j ē	prodigy, strategy.
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Anagrams: Endocrinology

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-r-y"
	-3 letters: decoloring, noncolored.
	-4 letters: condignly, condoling, cordoning, droningly, gondolier, iconology, longicorn, necrology.
	-5 letters: cologned, coloring, condoler, condoner, cooeying, cooingly, coronoid, crooning, cylinder, decoying, decrying, drooling, encoding, encoring, glycerin, goodlier, gynecoid, ideology, longeron, neologic, noncolor, noodling, oecology, oenology, oinology, oncology, orogenic, recoding, rodeoing, yodeling.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-r-y"
	+5 letters: neuroendocrinology.
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