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- adjective
endocrine
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- adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
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Examples
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Spinoza's theory offers an ontological support to the study of the role played by the different physiological factors, such as endocrinal glands, hormones and cerebral zones, in the determination of emotions.
Eurozine articles Gábor Boros, Herman De Dijn, Moira Gatens, Sylian 2009
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Here is this powerful tune messing up your brainpan, at the same time as your entire body – either on the brink of an event or coming down from having won one – is racked by the endocrinal equivalent of one of those home counties slumber parties that ends up in the Daily Mail after the Facebook invite goes viral among Hell's Angels.
So Lewis Hamilton wants a longer national anthem. Has he heard the second verse? 2011
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Only if obesity is a symptom or result of some endocrinal disease, can be expenses of that treatment forwarded for reimbursment to the contracted health insurance company, except of using any farmacological medication/sibutramin for example/.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » When is a Condition Obesity Related? 2009
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I know it's a great tradition of the British left to support Palestine, but when you come up against this question, you can feel the intelligence and balance leaving the hall with a shriek, and people getting into this endocrinal state about Israel.
Johann Hari: The Two Faces of Amis: An Exclusive Interview With Martin Amis 2009
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Part of staying social is accepting invitations and not canceling at the last minute because you feel fat or you've been crying or you're suffering from some endocrinal collapse.
Vicki Iovine: Socializing As A Single Lady: Divorce Is Not The Death Knell For Being Popular 2009
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Bigots make no distinction between those who change appearance as a result of an endocrinal anomaly, and those who change appearance through medical treatment.
Get ready for the government to look at you with X-ray eyes. Ann Althouse 2009
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British novelist Martin Amis recently confessed to being at a loss for words whenever he encounters the hysterical, "endocrinal state" that seems to befall certain people when the subject of Israel comes up in conversation.
Anti-semitism in Vancouver... GayandRight 2008
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In common with others who exhibit typical sexual development, they desire to modify their phenotype and endocrinal system to correct it to their dominant sexual identity, an identity that is determined by the structure of the brain.
HBS Zoe Brain 2008
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I thought McCain look angry and agitated, as if ready to jump out of his chair in sheer endocrinal frustration that he is not creaming Obama in the polls.
Hey, McCain, What About Josephine the Plumber?: Todd S. Purdum Purdum, Todd S. 2008
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We could also study changes in the largest and smallest life structures (trees andbacteria) for clues, but studying the epidemiology of man as the most complexlifeformmight shed the most light on collapse, which tends to manifest dramatically as complex systems are weakened through mutation at the level of mitochondria or endocrinal systems.
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