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neurocrine
neurocrine adj. 
/ˈnjʊərə(ʊ)krɪn/, /ˈn(j)ʊrəˌkrin/, /ˈn(j)ʊrəˌkraɪn/ [after French neurocrine (P. Masson & L. Berger 1923, in Comptes Rendus de l'Acad. des Sci. 176 1750)] Physiology (a) designating, relating to, or exhibiting secretion directly into nerve tissue; (b) = neuroendocrine adj.
Brit. /ˈnjʊərə(ʊ)krʌɪn/
, /ˈnjʊərə(ʊ)krʌɪn//ˈnjʊərə(ʊ)krɪn/U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊrəkrən/
, /ˈn(j)ʊrəkrən//ˈn(j)ʊrəˌkrin//ˈn(j)ʊrəˌkraɪn/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > [adjective]
secretory1692
secretitious1696
secretious1707
secerning1708
secreting1807
secernent1822
secretional1877
neurocrine1925
neurosecretory1936
1925 Physiol. Abstr. 9 544 The secretion of these ‘neurocrine’ glands acts directly on the nerves.
1947 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 232 394 The relationship of the pars distalis of the pituitary and the possible neurocrine secretion by the hypothalamic nuclei to the water balance of the body are still debatable points.
1962 Science Survey 3 264 There exist equally interesting relationships between odours and animal behaviour on a different and perhaps more profound level..which are very likely mediated by the vegetative nervous system and the neurocrine and other endocrine glands.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. xii. 52/1 Some of the peptides..were also demonstrated to occur in the brain and the concept of neurocrine peptides with a neurotransmitter role has arisen.
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