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Term: endocrine
Literally meaning: “affecting within
Origin: Anc Greek
ενδο-/endo-(= compining form for “inside”, “internal”, “within”)
+εκκρίνω/ecrino(=to secrete)>εκ/ec>(=prefix meaningout”, “ from”) + κρίνω/crino(=to judge, to separate)
 Coined/History

Claude Bernard, in 1855 was first who used for the term ‘internal secretion’ in order to describe the release of glucose from liver glycogen.  Ernest Starling (1866–1927) who coined the term “hormone” defined also the term of “endocrine” to contrast the actions of hormones secreted internally (endocrine) with those secreted externally (exocrine) or into a lumen, such as the gastrointestinal tract.
Definition
Endocrine is the  type of signaling in which a  hormone secreted  by a cell into the blood and carried by blood and tissue fluids to the cells they act upon.


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