[en.do.crine] adj [ISV end- + Gk krinein to separate--more at certain] (ca. 1911) 1: secreting internally; specif: producing secretions that are distributed in the body by way of the bloodstream "an ~ system"
2: of, relating to, affecting, or resembling an endocrine gland or secretion "~ tumors"
[2]endocrine n (1922) 1: hormone
2: endocrine gland