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Medical Definition of Ecological ectocrine
1. A chemical substance that undergoes biosynthesis in one species and that exerts an effect on the function of another species through mechanisms of the external environment; e.g., the biosynthesis of vitamins by ruminants and their subsequent ingestion by other animals. See: ectohormone. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecological Ectocrine
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