endocrinology

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endocrinology

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Etymology

From French endocrinologie, or endocrine +‎ -ology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• endocrinologic
• endocrinological
• endocrinologist
• neuroendocrinology
• neuroimmunoendocrinology
• psychoneuroendocrinology
• socioendocrinology

 

Related terms

• endocrine
• intracrinology

Translations

study of the endocrine glands

Asturian: endocrinoloxía f Belarusian: эндакрынало́гія f (endakrynalóhija) Catalan: endocrinologia f Chinese: Cantonese: 內分泌學 / 内分泌学 (noi6 fan1 bei3 hok6) Mandarin: 內分泌學 / 内分泌学 (zh) (nèifēnmìxué), 內分泌科 / 内分泌科 (nèifēnmìkē) (as a hospital department) Czech: endokrinologie (cs) f Danish: endokrinologi c Dutch: endocrinologie (nl) f Finnish: endokrinologia (fi) French: endocrinologie (fr) f Galician: endocrinoloxía f German: Endokrinologie (de) f Greek: ενδοκρινολογία (el) (endokrinología) Hungarian: endokrinológia (hu) Icelandic: innkirtlafræði (is) Italian: endocrinologia (it) f Korean: 내분비학 (naebunbihak) Latvian: endokrinoloģija f Macedonian: ендокринологија f (endokrinologija) Norwegian: Bokmål: endokrinologi m Polish: endokrynologia (pl) f Portuguese: endocrinologia (pt) f Romanian: endocrinologie (ro) f Russian: эндокриноло́гия (ru) f (endokrinológija) Spanish: endocrinología (es) f Swedish: endokrinologi (sv) c Ukrainian: ендокриноло́гія f (endokrynolóhija)