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Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together).
Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the nervous system and endocrine system together ¹
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Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Neuroendocrine
1. 1. Pertaining to the anatomical and functional relationships between the nervous system and the endocrine apparatus. 2. Descriptive of cells that release a hormone into the circulating blood in response to a neural stimulus. Such cells may comprise a peripheral endocrine gland (e.g., the insulin-secreting beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas and the adrenaline-secreting chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla); others are neurons in the brain (e.g., the neurons of the supraoptic nucleus that release antidiuretic hormone from their axon terminals in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis). (05 Mar 2000)
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