endocrinology
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Definition of endocrinology
: a branch of medicine concerned with the structure, function, and disorders of the endocrine glands
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Other Words from endocrinology
endocrinologist
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Trevino said the hospital has had strong cardiovascular services, emergency care and diabetes, endocrinology, nephrology and pulmonology care. — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "New CEO to oversee upgrades at Baptist Medical Center," 22 July 2019 After graduation from the University of Delhi, Shyamala got a PhD in nutrition and endocrinology from UC Berkeley. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Kamala Harris's Mom, Shyamala Gopalan, Inspires Kamala Every Day," 16 July 2019 Right now, the facility operates clinics for behavioral health, cardiology, chemotherapy, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, pulmonary and more. — Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al.com, "Cooper Green: What patients should know about healthcare partnership with UAB," 4 July 2019 The university hired New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to conduct an investigation after recent complaints made by former patients of the late Reginald Archibald, who specialized in pediatric endocrinology. — Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, "Rockefeller University Investigation Finds Doctor Abused Many Children," 23 May 2019 Josephine Arendt, an emeritus professor of endocrinology at Surrey University who studies circadian rhythms, agreed about the importance of the work winning this year’s prize. — Quanta Magazine, "Nobel Prize Awarded for Biological Clock Discoveries," 2 Oct. 2017 Some of the more than 30 experts at that center are ob/gyns like Dr. Lynn, but there are also obstetricians, urogynecologists, gynecological oncologists, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialists. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "How Does Cannabis Actually Affect Sex?," 25 Mar. 2019 The previous technique, slow freezing, could create ice crystals, which could damage the eggs when they were thawed, said Dr. Randi Goldman, a clinical instructor of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Harvard and Brigham and Women’s. — Pam Belluck, New York Times, "What Fertility Patients Should Know About Egg Freezing," 13 Mar. 2018 This test is usually done by day four of your menstrual cycle, Tarun Jain, M.D., a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist at Northwestern Medicine, tells SELF. — Korin Miller, SELF, "What Does It Mean to Have a Diminished Ovarian Reserve?," 17 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'endocrinology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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