endocrinology /en·do·cri·nol·o·gy/ (-nol´ah-je)
endocrinology
endocrinology
endocrinology
1. the study of hormones and the endocrine system.
2. a medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the endocrine system.
en·do·cri·nol·o·gy ( n d -kr-n l -j )n. The study of the glands and hormones of the body and their related disorders. en do·crino·logic (-kr n-ljk), endo·crino·logi·cal adj. |
endocrinology
[-krinol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, endon + krinein, to secrete, logos, science
the study of the anatomic, physiologic, and pathologic characteristics of the endocrine system and of the treatment of endocrine problems.
endocrinology
(en´dōkrinol´
jē),
n the study of the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the endocrine system and the treatment of endocrine problems.
jē), n the study of the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the endocrine system and the treatment of endocrine problems.
endocrinology
study of the endocrine system.
endocrinology
The subspecialty of internal medicine dedicated to studying and managing diseases of the endocrine system–eg, conditions affecting the thyroid, adrenal glands, hypophysis and hypothalamic axes, ovaries, testes, pancreas.
See Endocrine pancreas, Endocrinologist.
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