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Definition of Hormone
1. Noun. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect.
Generic synonyms: Secretion
Specialized synonyms: 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
Derivative terms: Endocrinal, Hormonal
Definition of Hormone
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hormone
1. Noun. (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity. ¹
2. Noun. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity. ¹
3. Noun. Any similar substance in plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hormone
1. a secretion of the endocrine organs [n -S] : HORMONAL, HORMONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Hormone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hormone
Literary usage of Hormone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"3 Effect of Parathyroid hormone upon Release of Degradative Enzymes from Rat
Bone (40642)1 RL CRUESS, KC HONG, AND F. NAKAMURA ..."
2. Osteoporosis Research, Education and Health Promotion (1993)
"Generating and characterizing these mutant hormones will augment understanding
of the structural basis of PTH function and allow definition of novel hormone ..."
3. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"EH Starling, of University Colleg-e, London, announced the discovery of what has
been called "the original hormone." He named it secretin and established ..."
4. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"If the secretory hormone were elaborated in the placenta, it would be active ...
With the suppression of the assimilatory hormone supplied by the foetus, ..."
5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Endocrine/hormone Disrupters hormones hormones are natural secretory products
... An environmental endocrine or hormone disruptor may be defined as ..."
6. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Mendelson, JH; Mello, NK; Teoh, SK; and Ellingboe, J. Alcohol effects on luteinizing
hormone releasing hormone stimulated anterior pituitary and gonadal ..."
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