endocrine system
noun1
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.
- Synonyms
- endocrine system
- Hypernyms
- organ system
- Meronyms
- endocrine gland, adrenal gland, parathyroid gland, pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, pancreas, gonad, ovary, testes