internal secretion
Britishnoun
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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
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 was the first time in physiology that the idea of an internal secretion was advanced.
From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
To-day we know that the internal secretion of these organs is a very powerful styptic, and there is good reason to believe that a copious discharge accompanies an unusual exhibition of rage.
From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir
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