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endocrinology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 N D OW0 K R AH0 N AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

From French endocrinologie, or endocrine + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: endocrinoloxía — study of the endocrine glands
  • Belarusian: эндакрынало́гія (endakrynalóhija) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Catalan: endocrinologia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Chinese Cantonese: 內分泌學 /内分泌学 (noi6 fan1 bei3 hok6) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內分泌學 /内分泌学 (nèifēnmìxué) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內分泌科 /内分泌科 (nèifēnmìkē) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Czech: endokrinologie — study of the endocrine glands
  • Danish: endokrinologi — study of the endocrine glands
  • Dutch: endocrinologie — study of the endocrine glands
  • Finnish: endokrinologia — study of the endocrine glands
  • French: endocrinologie — study of the endocrine glands
  • Galician: endocrinoloxía — study of the endocrine glands
  • German: Endokrinologie — study of the endocrine glands
  • Greek: ενδοκρινολογία (endokrinología) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Hungarian: endokrinológia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Icelandic: innkirtlafræði — study of the endocrine glands
  • Italian: endocrinologia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Korean: 내분비학 (naebunbihak) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Latvian: endokrinoloģija — study of the endocrine glands
  • Macedonian: ендокринологија (endokrinologija) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: endokrinologi — study of the endocrine glands
  • Polish: endokrynologia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Portuguese: endocrinologia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Romanian: endocrinologie — study of the endocrine glands
  • Russian: эндокриноло́гия (endokrinológija) — study of the endocrine glands
  • Slovak: endokrinológia — study of the endocrine glands
  • Spanish: endocrinología — study of the endocrine glands
  • Swedish: endokrinologi — study of the endocrine glands
  • Ukrainian: ендокриноло́гія (endokrynolóhija) — study of the endocrine glands