internal secretion

Questions about internal secretion

What is another word for internal secretion?

It depends which internal secretion you mean. In the sense “the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect”, the synonyms are hormone, endocrine. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of internal secretion?

WordNet records no antonym for internal secretion. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for internal secretion come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of internal secretion

• Full entry for internal secretionAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for internal secretionWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.