internal secretion
Britishnoun
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At the same time, the theory supposes** that the testes form an internal secretion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pancreas is such a gland, and it is the internal secretion of the pancreas, distinct from the pancreatic juice, from which insulin, the diabetes specific, is derived.
From Time Magazine Archive
This substance from oxen glands will cure the serious condition known as parathyroid tetany, which is due to an insufficiency of the parathyroid internal secretion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of late, however, the chemical theory, that the results of castration are dependent on the lack of the internal secretion of the excised glands, has gained ground at the expense of the nervous theory.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
Such an internal secretion would not be surprising in the light of all that we have learned of the physiological nexus of organs in recent years.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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