/en"deuh krin, -kruyn', -kreen'/ , Anat., Physiol.
adj. Also, endocrinal /en'deuh kruyn"l, -kreen"l/ , endocrinic /en"deuh krin"ik/ , endocrinous .
1. secreting internally into the blood or lymph.
2. of or pertaining to an endocrine gland or its secretion.
n.
3. an internal secretion; hormone.
4. See endocrine gland . Cf. exocrine .
[ 1910-15; ENDO- + -crine krínein to separate ]