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Hormone   Listen
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Hormone  n.  
1.
(Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body..
2.
(Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be more effective than their natural counterparts.
3.
(Bot.) A substance that controls growth rate or differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone. The most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and the dropping of leaves; and the gibberellins, which are used in agriculture to promote plant growth.






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Words linked to "Hormone" :   hormone-replacement therapy, growth hormone, catecholamine, ACTH, releasing factor, hormonal, gonadotrophin, somatotrophic hormone, thyrotropic hormone, somatotropic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, plant hormone, epinephrine, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, lactogenic hormone, rh, STH, steroid, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, growth hormone-releasing factor, corticotropin, gonadotrophic hormone, TRF, luteinizing hormone, human growth hormone, internal secretion, thyrotrophic hormone, antidiuretic hormone, glucocorticoid, thymosin, Adrenalin, vasopressin, adrenocorticotrophin, insulin, thyroid hormone, relaxin, adrenocorticotropin, glucagon, hypothalamic releasing hormone, ADH, parathyroid hormone, androgenic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropin, melatonin, Pitocin, releasing hormone, oxytocin, secretion



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