noun
the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
• Hypernyms: ↑system
• Part Holonyms: ↑body, ↑organic structure, ↑physical structure
• Part Meronyms: ↑endocrine gland, ↑endocrine, ↑ductless gland
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noun : the glands and parts of glands that produce endocrine secretions
Useful english dictionary. 2012.