neuroendocrine

[ noor-oh-en-duh-krin, -krahyn, -kreen, nyoor- ]

/ ˌnʊər oʊˈɛn də krɪn, -ˌkraɪn, -ˌkrin, ˌnyʊər- /

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adjective

of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.

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Origin of neuroendocrine

First recorded in1920–25; neuro- + endocrine

Words nearby neuroendocrine

neurodynamic, neurodynia, neuroectoderm, neuroembryology, neuroencephalomyelopathy, neuroendocrine, neuroendocrinology, neuroepithelium, neurofeedback, neurofibril, neurofibroma

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How to use neuroendocrine in a sentence

In the mid-1980s, Gunnar studied this neuroendocrine system in newborns.
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Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
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Jobs learned in 2003 that he had an extremely rare form of this cancer, an islet-cell neuroendocrine tumor.
Jobs’s Unorthodox Treatment|Sharon Begley|October 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Other neuroendocrine tumors produce gastrin, glucagon, and other digestive hormones.
Jobs’s Unorthodox Treatment|Sharon Begley|October 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST

In part, that is because neuroendocrine cancers tend to be quite slow growing, or indolent.
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“Neuroendocrine tumors are highly vascularized”—full of blood vessels on which they depend for nutrients, says Kulke.
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Broad limits to functional reproductive activity seem to be set by the photoperiod—neuroendocrine system.
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British Dictionary definitions for neuroendocrine

neuroendocrine

/ (ˌnjʊərəʊˈɛndəʊˌkraɪn) /

adjective

of, relating to, or denoting the dual control of certain body functions by both nervous and hormonal stimulationneuroendocrine system

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Medical definitions for neuroendocrine

neuroendocrine

[ nur′ō-ĕn′də-krĭn, -krēn′, -krīn′ ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands.

Of or relating to the cells that release a hormone into the blood in response to a neural stimulus.