allocrine
Meanings
adj
- Relating to or denoting foreign hormones being taken up and eliciting a response in an organism (for example, hormones in breast milk.)
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + κρίνω (krínō, “separate”). First attested in the late 20th century.
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