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- endocrine (adj.)[endocrine 词源字典]
- "secreting internally," 1914, from endo- + Latinized form of Greek krinein "to separate, distinguish" (see crisis). Denoting glands having an internal secretion.[endocrine etymology, endocrine origin, 英语词源]
- inly (adv.)
- Old English inlice "internally; sincerely;" see in + -ly (2).
- internal (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin internalis, from Latin internus "within, inward, internal," figuratively "domestic," expanded from pre-Latin *interos, *interus "on the inside, inward," from PIE *en-ter- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic anter, Sanskrit antar "within, between," Old High German unter "between," and the "down" sense of Old English under); suffixed (comparative) form of *en "in" (see in). Meaning "of or pertaining to the domestic affairs of a country (as in internal revenue) is from 1795. Internal combustion first recorded 1884. Related: Internally.
- hydropathy
- "The treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or through external means such as steam baths (not now a part of orthodox medicine)", Mid 19th century: from hydro- 'of water', on the pattern of allopathy and homeopathy.