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hormone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hormone has 1 sense
- hormone(n = noun.body) endocrine, internal secretion - the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect; Array is a kind of secretion
has particulars: acth, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin, adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine, gastrointestinal hormone, gi hormones, glucagon, gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin, insulin, melatonin, neurohormone, oxytocin, pitocin, parathormone, parathyroid hormone, relaxin, hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone, rh, growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin, sth, thymosin, thyroid hormone, adh, antidiuretic hormone, pitressin, vasopressin, sex hormone, steroid, steroid hormone, adrenosterone, glucocorticoid, catecholamine, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, msh, thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotropin, tsh, protirelin, thyrotropin-releasing factor, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, trf, trh
Derived form adjective hormonal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hormone, n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.].
- A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body.. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be more effective than their natural counterparts. [PJC]
- A substance that controls growth rate or differentiation in plants; also called
phytohormone . The most well-known are theauxins that stimulate growth at the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and the dropping of leaves; and thegibberellins , which are used in agriculture to promote plant growth. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hormone, n.
1 Biochem. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate cells or tissues into action.
2 a synthetic substance with a similar effect.
1 Biochem. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate cells or tissues into action.
2 a synthetic substance with a similar effect.
Derivative
hormonal adj.
Etymology
Gk hormon part. of hormao impel
THESAURUS
hormone
Allen-Doisy hormone, adjuvant, adrenosterone, androgen, androsterone, autacoid, bile, carminative, chalone, cholecystokinin, chondrotrophic hormone, corticosterone, counterirritant, dehydrocorticosterone, digestive secretion, emmenagogue, endocrine, expectorant, gall, gastric juice, insulin, intestinal juice, maturative, mucus, pancreatic juice, progesterone, prostatic fluid, rheum, salivary secretion, semen, sperm, tears, thyroxin, vasodilator, vitamin
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