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endocrinology

medical specialty; branch of science concerned with the study of hormones
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Summary

endocrinology is a medical specialty[1]. endocrinology ranks in the top 6% of medical specialty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,753 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of biology[3], academic discipline[4]
  • Subclass of: internal medicine[5], clinical sciences[6], biology[7]
  • Commons category: Endocrinology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Endocrinology[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=endocrinology[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[12], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Encyclopedia Tatarica[14]
  • Is the study of: hormone[15], endocrine system[16]
  • Practiced by: endocrinologist[17]
  • P10203: 2807[18], 1310[19], 2712[20]

Why It Matters

endocrinology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] endocrinology is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Q87327415. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q87327415. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q21861
    Basisklassifikation → 44.89
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  2. 11w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q36236 (mal)-Netha Hussain-അന്തഃസ്രവവിജ്ഞാനീയം.wav
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  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000916-endokrinologie
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4935629
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → internal medicine, clinical sciences, biology
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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