National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Endocrine

Synonyms

Endocrine

endocrine

Definitions

Collective designation for those tissues capable of secreting hormones.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41064

ALT_DEFINITION

Refers to tissue that makes and releases hormones that travel in the bloodstream and control the actions of other cells or organs. Some examples of endocrine tissues are the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands.

code

C41064

DEFINITION

Collective designation for those tissues capable of secreting hormones.

FULL_SYN

Endocrine

endocrine

label

Endocrine

Legacy Concept Name

Endocrine

Preferred_Name

Endocrine

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C41064

Semantic_Type

Qualitative Concept

UMLS_CUI

C0521425

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13442

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