A chemical compound or mixture of compounds that interferes with the normal functioning of the endocrine system and the physiological, developmental, and (especially) the reproductive processes regulated by it.
Origin
1990s.
Definition of endocrine disrupter in US English:
endocrine disrupter
noun
Biochemistry
A chemical compound or mixture of compounds that interferes with the normal functioning of the endocrine system and the physiological, developmental, and (especially) the reproductive processes regulated by it.