Endocrine Gland

  

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Endocrine Gland

Definition: Endocrine Gland

Endocrine Gland

Noun

1. Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Endocrine Gland

Synonym: ductless gland (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Endocrine Gland

English words defined with "endocrine gland": epiphysis, epiphysis cerebrihypophysisparathyroid, parathyroid gland, pineal body, pineal gland, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland. (references)
Specialty definitions using "endocrine gland": Autonomic AgentsEndocrine Gland Neoplasms, Endocrine Surgical ProceduresG CellsParathyroid Glands. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Endocrine Gland

DomainTitle

Books

  • Outline of endocrine gland syndromes (reference)

  • The Prostate as an Endocrine Gland (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Endocrine Gland

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In addition, the age at which MEN1 can begin to cause endocrine gland overfunction can differ strikingly from one family member to another. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Endocrine Gland

Expression using "endocrine gland": Endocrine Gland Neoplasms. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Endocrine Gland

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

endocrine gland

68

endocrine gland hormone

5

endocrine gland system

4

endocrine gland picture

4

disorder endocrine gland

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Endocrine Gland

Language Translations for "endocrine gland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

endokrin kirtel, endokrin (endocrine). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

endocriene klier, endocrien (endocrine), glandula sine ductibus. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

endokriininen rauhanen, umpirauhanen, sisäeriterauhanen. (various references)

   

French

  

endocrine (endocrine), glande endocrine. (various references)

   

German

  

endokrine drüse. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ενδοκρινής αδένας, ενδοκρινής. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

endokrin mirigy (endocrine), belső elválasztású mirigy (endocrine). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ghiandola endocrina. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

内分泌腺 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ないぶ"ぴつせ", ないぶ"ぴせ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endocrineay andglay

   

Portuguese

  

glândula endócrina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

glándula endocrina. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

endokrin körtel (ductless gland), insöndringsorgan. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

iç salgıbezi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Endocrine Gland

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-g-i-l-n-n-n-o-r"

-3 letters: calendering.

-4 letters: androgenic, endergonic, grandniece, nonaligned, nonreading, recleaning.

-5 letters: arecoline, cannoneer, careening, celandine, clangored, clarioned, coleading, congealed, congenial, cornelian, creneling, dandelion, dandering, deaconing, deadening, decennial, decerning, declaring, deleading, deraigned, endearing, endocrine, endoergic, endogenic, engirdled, engrailed, engrained, genocidal, girandole, glandered, grenadine, ignorance, indolence, laddering, nondancer, nongraded, nonleaded, nonlinear, ordinance, realigned, recoaling, recoinage, reddening, redonning, relending, reloading, reloaning.

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Alternative Orthography: Endocrine Gland


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 64 6F 63 72 69 6E 65      47 6C 61 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01100011 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#100 &#111 &#99 &#114 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#32 &#71 &#108 &#97 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0064 006F 0063 0072 0069 006E 0065      0047 006C 0061 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39807081698475807124178678070

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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