internal secretion
Britishnoun
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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
At the same time, the theory supposes** that the testes form an internal secretion.
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
It is of interest to point out that the internal secretion of the ovaries and its important functions seem to have been suggested before any other secretion than the sperm was attributed to the testes.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Ellis, Havelock
The former concludes from certain experiments that a given organ of internal secretion has a certain function.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
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