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allocrine

allocrine adjective: relating to or denoting foreign hormones being taken up and eliciting a response in an organism (for example, hormones in breast milk.).

Adjective

allocrine (comparative more allocrine, superlative most allocrine)

  1. Relating to or denoting foreign hormones being taken up and eliciting a response in an organism (for example, hormones in breast milk.)

Forms of allocrine

comparativemore allocrine
superlativemost allocrine

Origin of allocrine

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + κρίνω (krínō, “separate”). First attested in the late 20th century.

Questions about allocrine

What does allocrine mean?
Allocrine means relating to or denoting foreign hormones being taken up and eliciting a response in an organism (for example, hormones in breast milk.).
What part of speech is allocrine?
Allocrine is an adjective.

Words near allocrine in the dictionary

  1. allocortical
  2. allocortices
  3. allocratic
  4. allocreadiid
  5. allocreadiids
  6. allocrine
  7. allocrite
  8. allocrites
  9. allocryptopine
  10. allocryptopines
  11. allocthonous

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