Meanings
nounendocrine gland (plural endocrine glands)
plural endocrine glands
- anatomyAny of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.
An endocrine gland is one that secretes its products directly into the bloodstream.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 166Synonyms: ductless gland, ductless gland · Antonyms: exocrine gland
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.
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nounany of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
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Translations
Catalan glàndula endocrina
- glàndula endocrinaany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Chinese Mandarin 內分泌腺 /内分泌腺
- 內分泌腺 /内分泌腺 (nèifēnmìxiàn)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Czech žláza s vnitřní sekrecí, endokrinní žláza
- žláza s vnitřní sekrecíany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- endokrinní žlázaany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Dutch endocriene klier
- endocriene klierany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Estonian sisenõrenääre
- sisenõrenääreany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Finnish umpirauhanen, sisäeritysrauhanen
- umpirauhanenany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- sisäeritysrauhanenany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- hormonirauhanenany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
French glande endocrine
- glande endocrineany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
German Hormondrüse, Endokrindrüse
- Hormondrüseany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- Endokrindrüseany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- endokrine Drüseany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Greek ενδοκρινής αδένας
- ενδοκρινής αδένας (endokrinís adénas)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Hungarian endokrin mirigy, belső elválasztású mirigy
- endokrin mirigyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- belső elválasztású mirigyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Irish faireog inchríneach
- faireog inchríneachany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Italian ghiandola endocrina
- ghiandola endocrinaany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Japanese 内分泌腺
- 内分泌腺 (naibunpitsusen)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Norwegian Bokmål endokrint organ, endokrin kjertel
- endokrint organany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- endokrin kjertelany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Polish gruczoł dokrewny, gruczoł endokrynny
- gruczoł dokrewnyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- gruczoł endokrynnyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- gruczoł hormonalnyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- gruczoł wewnątrzwydzielniczyany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
- gruczoł wydzielania wewnętrznegoany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Romanian glandă endocrină
- glandă endocrinăany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Russian эндокри́нная железа́
- эндокри́нная железа́ (endokrínnaja železá)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Thai ต่อมไร้ท่อ
- ต่อมไร้ท่อ (dtɔ̀m-rái-tɔ̂ɔ)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Ukrainian ендокри́нна за́лоза
- ендокри́нна за́лоза (endokrýnna záloza)any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
Welsh chwarren endocrin
- chwarren endocrinany of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct
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endocrine gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocrine%20gland
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“endocrine gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocrine%20gland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endocrine gland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocrine%20gland.
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