endocrinology

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Etymology

From French endocrinologie, or endocrine + -ology.

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endocrinology (countable and uncountable, plural endocrinologies)

  1. (physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 169:
      The first journal devoted to endocrinology wasnʼt founded until 1917.

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