Medical term:
endocrinology
endocrinology
[en″do-krĭ-nol´o-je]1. the study of hormones, the endocrine system, and their role in the physiology of the body.
2. a medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the endocrine system.
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en·do·cri·nol·o·gy
(en'dō-kri-nol'ŏ-jē),The science and medical specialty concerned with the internal or hormonal secretions and their physiologic and pathologic relations.
[endocrine + G. logos, study]
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endocrinology
(ĕn′də-krə-nŏl′ə-jē)n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the endocrine glands.
en′do·cri′no·log′ic (-krĭn′ə-lŏj′ĭk), en′do·crin′o·log′i·cal adj.
en′do·cri·nol′o·gist n.
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endocrinology
The subspecialty of internal medicine dedicated to studying and managing diseases of the endocrine system–eg, conditions affecting the thyroid, adrenal glands, hypophysis and hypothalamic axes, ovaries, testes, pancreas. See Endocrine pancreas, Endocrinologist.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
en·do·cri·nol·o·gy
(en'dō-kri-nol'ŏ-jē)The science and medical specialty concerned with the internal or hormonal secretions and their physiologic and pathologic relations.
[endocrine + G. logos, study]
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endocrinology
the study of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and their secretions.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
en·do·cri·nol·o·gy
(en'dō-kri-nol'ŏ-jē)Medical specialty concerned with internal or hormonal secretions and their physiologic and pathologic relations.
[endocrine + G. logos, study]
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