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
He also did valuable work on the internal secretion of organs, the results of which have been applied with the most satisfactory results in the treatment of myxoedema.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The matter is altogether a problem of chemistry, with the necessity for a new adjustment among the glands of internal secretion.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
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