NEUROENDOCRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neuroendocrine mean? 

• NEUROENDOCRINE (adjective)
  The adjective NEUROENDOCRINE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)

  Familiarity information: NEUROENDOCRINE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROENDOCRINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

endocrine system (the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity)

nervous system (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

 Context examples 

A neoplasm with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuroendocrine describes certain cells that release hormones into the blood in response to stimulation of the nervous system.

(Neuroendocrine, NCI Dictionary)

A neoplasm composed of cells of neuroendocrine origin for which the malignancy status has not been established.

(Neuroblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor arising from the wall of the appendix.

(Appendix Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Their relevance to human small cell carcinomas and other neuroendocrine carcinomas remains to be determined.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A well differentiated, low grade tumor with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples are small cell carcinoma, large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroendocrine tumor that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Tubular Carcinoid, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm composed of cells of neuroendocrine origin.

(Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing a mixture of ductal and neuroendocrine malignant cells in both the primary tumor and in the metastatic sites.

(Mixed Ductal-Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)