internal secretion

British  

noun

1. physiol a secretion, esp a hormone, that is absorbed directly into the blood

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

Whilst the spermatogonia become transformed into spermatozoa, other cellular structures of the testicle, more especially the interstitial cells, produce, it is assumed, the internal secretion of the gland.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden