(hor)mone
1hor|mone — «HR mohn», noun. 1. a substance formed in the endocrine glands, which enters the bloodstream and affects or controls the activity of some organ, or of cells or tissues. Adrenalin and insulin are hormones. 2. a substance carried in the protoplasm… …
2hor´mone-like´ — hor|mone «HR mohn», noun. 1. a substance formed in the endocrine glands, which enters the bloodstream and affects or controls the activity of some organ, or of cells or tissues. Adrenalin and insulin are hormones. 2. a substance carried in the… …
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4ex|o|hor|mone — «EHK soh HR mohn», noun. a pheromonal secretion which affects the olfactory organ of another animal, causing it to alter its behavior in a certain way: »If a goat s kid is taken away for only two hours from birth, the mother will reject it when… …
5neu|ro|hor|mone — «NUR oh HR mohn, NYUR », noun. a hormone that stimulates nerve cells or the nervous system …
6phy|to|hor|mone — «FY toh HR mohn», noun. Botany, Chemistry. plant hormone …
7pre|hor|mone — «pree HR mohn», noun. a rudimentary or incipient hormone …
8pro|hor|mone — «proh HR mohn», noun. the inactive forerunner of a hormone; substance from which a hormone is built: »In the body, the molecule is first synthesized in the parathyroid gland as a prohormone, a long chain of 106 amino acids that are chemically… …
9mone — an·ti·hor·mone; aux·i·mone; chro·mone; cre·mone; di·pneu·mone; ep·har·mone; hor·mone; is·an·e·mone; jas·mone; lep·to·sper·mone; par·mone; ter·mone; kai·ro·mone; par·a·thor·mone; pher·o·mone; plas·mone; …
10hor — ab·hor; ab·hor·rence; ab·hor·rent; ab·hor·rent·ly; ab·hor·rer; an·ti·hor·mone; bo·hor; co·hor·ta·tion; de·hor·ta·tion; eich·hor·nia; ex·hor·ta·tion; ex·hor·tative; ex·hor·tato·ry; hor; hor·de·in; hor·de·nine; hor·de·o·lum; hor·de·um;… …
