endokrinologi

Internationalism (see English endocrinologist). Contains the suffix -logi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈendoˌkrinoˌloɡi/, [ˈe̞ndo̞ˌkrino̞ˌlo̞ɡi]
• Rhymes: -oɡi
• Syllabification^(key): en‧do‧kri‧no‧lo‧gi
• Hyphenation^(key): endo‧krino‧logi

endokrinologi

1. endocrinologist

endokrin +‎ -logi, first part first part endo-, from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “in, within”), from Proto-Hellenic *éndon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm, from *h₁n̥dó (“into, inside”), from both *h₁én (“in”) and *do (and, but; towards) + middle part -krin, from Ancient Greek κρίνω (krínō, “to separate”), from Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European *kri-n-ye-, from *krey- (“to sift, separate, divide”). Last part from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía), from both λόγος (lógos, “explanation”) (with the suffix -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (creates collective nouns)), from λέγω (légō, “I say, speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛndʊkrɪnʊlʊˈɡiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: en‧do‧kri‧no‧lo‧gi

endokrinologi m (definite singular endokrinologien, indefinite plural endokrinologier, definite plural endokrinologiene)

1. (physiology) endocrinology (the study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders)
   • 1956, Aftenposten, page 3:

     endokrinologien … er ingen eksklusiv videnskap, men en del av den medisinske, og da, fortrinsvis, av den indremedisinske

     endocrinology… is not an exclusive science, but part of the medical, and then, preferably, of the internal medicine

• hormon (“hormone”)

• “endokrinologi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “endokrinologi” in Store norske leksikon