endocrinology

English

Etymology

From French endocrinologie, or endocrine +‎ -ology.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.də.kɹɪˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

endocrinology (countable and uncountable, plural endocrinologies)

1. (physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 169:

     The first journal devoted to endocrinology wasnʼt founded until 1917.

Derived terms

• endocrinologic
• endocrinological

Related terms

• endocrine
• intracrinology

Translations

study of the endocrine glands

• Asturian: endocrinoloxía f
• Belarusian: эндакрынало́гія f (endakrynalóhija)
• Catalan: endocrinologia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 內分泌學／内分泌学 (noi⁶ fan¹ bei³ hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 內分泌學／内分泌学 (zh) (nèifēnmìxué), 內分泌科／内分泌科 (nèifēnmìkē) (as a hospital department)

• Czech: endokrinologie (cs) f
• Danish: endokrinologi c
• Dutch: endocrinologie (nl) f
• Finnish: endokrinologia (fi)
• French: endocrinologie (fr) f
• Galician: endocrinoloxía f
• German: Endokrinologie (de) f
• Greek: ενδοκρινολογία (el) (endokrinología)
• Hungarian: endokrinológia (hu)
• Icelandic: innkirtlafræði (is)
• Italian: endocrinologia (it) f
• Korean: 내분비학 (naebunbihak)
• Latvian: endokrinoloģija f
• Macedonian: ендокринологија f (endokrinologija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: endokrinologi m

• Polish: endokrynologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: endocrinologia (pt) f
• Romanian: endocrinologie (ro) f
• Russian: эндокриноло́гия (ru) f (endokrinológija)
• Spanish: endocrinología (es) f
• Swedish: endokrinologi (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ендокриноло́гія f (endokrynolóhija)