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Definition of Endocrine gland
1. Noun. Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.
Generic synonyms: Gland, Secreter, Secretor, Secretory Organ
Group relationships: Endocrine System
Specialized synonyms: Thyroid, Thyroid Gland, Parathyroid, Parathyroid Gland, Adrenal, Adrenal Gland, Suprarenal Gland, Prostate, Prostate Gland, Thymus, Thymus Gland, Hypophysis, Pituitary, Pituitary Body, Pituitary Gland, Adenohypophysis, Anterior Pituitary, Anterior Pituitary Gland, Pars Anterior, Pars Distilis, Pars Intermedia, Neurohypophysis, Pars Nervosa, Posterior Pituitary, Posterior Pituitary Gland, Epiphysis, Epiphysis Cerebri, Pineal Body, Pineal Gland, Islands Of Langerhans, Isles Of Langerhans, Islets Of Langerhans, Adrenal Cortex, Adrenal Medulla, Corpus Luteum, Gonad, Sex Gland
Derivative terms: Endocrinal
Definition of Endocrine gland
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Endocrine gland
1. Organs or gland that secrete regulatory substances directly into the circulation and not through a duct. Examples are pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, ovary and testis, placenta and beta cells of pancreas. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endocrine Gland
Literary usage of Endocrine gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Therapeutics by Oliver Thomas Osborne (1921)
"GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS To understand both the rational and the experimental
therapeutic uses of endocrine gland preparations the clinician must note the ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"He thinks that the use of endocrine gland extracts is not indicated, ... The only
cases of psychoneuroses in which endocrine gland extracts could be of ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"In the former there is, according to Falta, a progressive degeneration of the
whole endocrine gland system, while in the latter there is a primary injury of ..."
4. American Medicine (1921)
"All of the other several endocrine gland and organ extracts were as yet subject
to a longer clinical proof before they could be accepted as meeting definite ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... partly directly upon the cells of the organs themselves, (2) an over-function,
or an under-function, of one endocrine gland leads, sooner or later, ..."
6. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"In other words, disruption of one endocrine gland function may influence the
functions of other endocrine glands. Additionally, the endocrine system is ..."
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