Definitions for hormone

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hormone hor·mone

Spelling: [hawr-mohn]

IPA: /ˈhɔr moʊn/

Hormone is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in hormone (ehmnoor).

Definitions for hormone

noun

1. Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
2. Pharmacology. a synthetic substance used in medicine to act like such a compound when introduced into the body.
3. Botany.. Also called phytohormone. any of various plant compounds, as auxin or gibberellin, that control growth and differentiation of plant tissue.

Origin of hormone

1900-05; Greek hormôn (present participle of hormân to set in motion, excite, stimulate), equivalent to horm(ḗ) horme + -ōn present participle suffix, with ending as

Examples for hormone

The HPA axis is a circuit between your brain, your hormone glands, and the rest of your body.

Leptin is a hormone secreted by fat cells that is key to maintaining energy balance in the body.

This gland is now known to manufacture and pour out into the blood a hormone which is a regulator of metabolism.

You have to acknowledge your age and position in life, for me quite a lot of those emotionally fueled songs were hormone songs.

Menopause is not a disorder but a natural condition of aging that involves changes in hormone levels in the body.

If the gland is inactive and does not secrete enough of the hormone, there is a reduction in the metabolism.

His mother's face, still faintly shiny with hormone cream, turned toward him.

This is unquestionably to be interpreted as a case of hormone action.

What if they were to measure body composition or hormone levels or metabolic rate?

He was prescribed a course of hormone pills that caused him to grow breasts and rendered him impotent.