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Hormone

Hormone Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hormone? [n] an endocrine secretion that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hormone: internal secretion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hormone: adjuvant \| adrenosterone \| Allen-Doisy hormone \| 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 See Also \| ACTH \| ADH \| Adrenalin \| adrenaline \| adrenocorticotrophic hormone \| adrenocorticotrophin \| adrenocorticotropic hormone \| adrenocorticotropin \| adrenosterone \| antidiuretic hormone \| catecholamine \| corticotrophin \| corticotropin \| epinephrin \| epinephrine \| gastrin \| glucagon \| glucocorticoid \| gonadotrophic hormone \| gonadotrophin \| gonadotropic hormone \| gonadotropin \| growth hormone \| human growth hormone \| hypothalamic releasing factor \| hypothalamic releasing hormone \| insulin \| melanocyte-stimulating hormone \| melatonin \| MSH \| neurohormone \| oxytocin \| parathormone \| parathyroid hormone \| Pitocin \| Pitressin \| protirelin \| relaxin \| releasing factor \| releasing hormone \| RH \| secretin \| secretion \| sex hormone \| somatotrophic hormone \| somatotrophin \| somatotropic hormone \| somatotropin \| steroid \| steroid hormone \| STH \| thymosin \| thyroid hormone \| thyroid-stimulating hormone \| thyrotrophic hormone \| thyrotrophin \| thyrotropic hormone \| thyrotropin \| thyrotropin-releasing factor \| thyrotropin-releasing hormone \| TRF \| TRH \| TSH \| vasopressin Hormone In Webster's Dictionary \Hor"mone\ (h[^o]r"m[=o]n), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiol. Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.

Hormone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hormone?

[n] an endocrine secretion that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hormone: internal secretion

Hormone In Webster's Dictionary

\Hor"mone\ (h[^o]r"m[=o]n), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to
excite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the
circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating
effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are
stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.

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