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endocrinology

UK/ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/US/ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

endocrinology noun: the study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.

Noun

endocrinology (countable and uncountable, plural endocrinologies)

  1. The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.
    • The first journal devoted to endocrinology wasnʼt founded until 1917.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 169

endocrinology meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian

endocrinology in Tamil

உட்சுரப்பியல், நாளமில்லா சுரப்பியல், அகச்சுரப்பியியல்

endocrinology in Malayalam

endocrinology
അന്തഃസ്രവവിജ്ഞാനീയം antaḥsravavijñānīyaṁ

endocrinology in Kannada

ಅಂತಃಸ್ರಾವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ

endocrinology in Indonesian

study of the endocrine glands
endokrinologi

Forms of endocrinology

pluralendocrinologies

Origin of endocrinology

From French endocrinologie, or endocrine + -ology.

Words formed from endocrinology

Words that rhyme with endocrinology

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Questions about endocrinology

What does endocrinology mean?
Endocrinology means the study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.
What is endocrinology in Tamil?
Endocrinology in Tamil is உட்சுரப்பியல், நாளமில்லா சுரப்பியல், அகச்சுரப்பியியல். See Endocrinology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is endocrinology?
Endocrinology is a noun.
How do you pronounce endocrinology?
Endocrinology is pronounced /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of endocrinology?
The plural of endocrinology is endocrinologies.

Words near endocrinology in the dictionary

  1. endocrinological
  2. endocrinologically
  3. endocrinologies
  4. endocrinologist
  5. endocrinologists
  6. endocrinology
  7. endocrinometabolic
  8. endocrinopathic
  9. endocrinopathies
  10. endocrinopathological
  11. endocrinopathologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endocrinology (page history and authors); endocrinology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അന്തഃസ്രവവിജ്ഞാനീയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); endocrinology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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