Definition of Ectohormone

1. Noun. (biology) Any hormone that is secreted into an individual's environment and affects the behaviour or activity of another individual (of the same or different species) in the manner of a pheromone ¹

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Medical Definition of Ectohormone

1. A parahormonal chemical mediator of ecological significance which is secreted, largely by an organism (usually an invertebrate) into its immediate environment (air or water); it can alter the behaviour or functional activity of a second organism, often of the same species as that secreting the ectohormone. See: ecological ectocrine. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectohormone

ectodermosis erosiva pluriorificialis
ectoderms
ectodin
ectodomain
ectodomains
ectoentad
ectoental
ectoenzyme
ectoethmoid
ectogenesis
ectogenic
ectogenic teratosis
ectogenous
ectogeny
ectoglobular
ectohormone (current term)
ectohormones
ectoine synthase
ectolecithal
ectomere
ectomeres
ectomeric
ectomesenchyme
ectomies
ectomorph
ectomorphic
ectomorphs
ectomorphy
ectomy

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