internal secretion

1. 1.

   the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

   Synonymshormoneendocrine

   Broadersecretion

   Narroweradrenocorticotropic hormoneepinephrinegastrointestinal hormoneglucagongonadotropininsulinmelatoninneurohormoneoxytocinparathyroid hormone

Questions about internal secretion

What does internal secretion mean?

internal secretion means "the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect".

What is another word for internal secretion?

Close synonyms include hormone, endocrine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is internal secretion a common word?

internal secretion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.