ENDOCRINOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endocrinology mean? 

• ENDOCRINOLOGY (noun)
  The noun ENDOCRINOLOGY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ENDOCRINOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOCRINOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("endocrinology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

taret organ ((endocrinology) organ most affected by a particular hormone)

Derivation:

endocrinologist (physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system)

 Context examples 

The clinical specialty of endocrinology that focuses on the endocrine organs and their role in physiology and pathology.

(Clinical Endocrinology, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of endocrinology concerned with changes in the metabolism and physiology of hormonal secretions that take place between fertilization and maturity.

(Developmental Endocrinology, NCI Thesaurus)

In pre-clinical research, the ferret is used most commonly in toxicological screening and studies involving human influenza virus, as well as studies in reproductive physiology, anatomy, endocrinology and neuroscience.

(Ferret, NCI Thesaurus)

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)