endocrine

adj. describing or relating to a type of chemical signaling in which a chemical messenger is released by a cell and is carried (e.g., via the bloodstream) to a distant target cell on which it exerts its effect. Compare autocrine; paracrine.

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November 19th 2024

texture segregation task

any detection task in which the figure to be detected is defined by textural elements so that it must be distinguished from some background pattern of a different texture.