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internal secretion

noun

  1. physiol a secretion, esp a hormone, that is absorbed directly into the blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Hormones are these internal secretions that come out of a gland, and they go through the blood, but they go to a specific target.

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In many cases the internal secretion is no mere accumulation, e.g. the internal skeleton of the Radiolaria, and the nematocysts of the Coelentera.

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It is generally believed that the internal secretion of the thyroid and the adrenal are antagonistic.

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One, that of ovulation, is so prominent that the other, the internal secretion, has been too much neglected.

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This was the first time in physiology that the idea of an internal secretion was advanced.

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