incret-, increto- +
(Latin: internal secretion, especially by the endocrine glands)
incretin
Any of various gastrointestinal hormones and factors that act as potent stimulators of insulin secretion; such as, gastric inhibitory polypeptide.
incretion
1. The process of internal secretion characteristic of endocrine glands.
2. The product of this process; a hormone.
incretology
An older term for endocrinology.
incretopathy
An outmoded term for endocrinopathy.
incretory
An outmoded term for endocrine.
incretory gland
The endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream).
incretotherapy
An obsolete term for hormonotherapy.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside":
ent-;
enter-;
fistul-;
inter-;
intra-;
splanchn-;
viscer-.
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