From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system" [syn: {endocrinal}] [ant: {exocrine}]
noun
1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect [syn: {hormone}, {internal secretion}]
2: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream [syn: {endocrine gland}, {ductless gland}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "endocrine": adrenal, autacoid, bile, chalone, digestive secretion, eccrine, exocrine, gall, gastric juice, glandular, glandulous, gonadal, holocrine, hormone, humoral, intestinal juice, luteal, merocrine, mucus, ovarian, pancreatic, pancreatic juice, prostatic, prostatic fluid, rheum, salivary secretion, semen, sperm, splenetic, tears, thymic, thyroidal, thyroxin
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