hormone
Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
Other meanings
A synthetic compound with the same activity.
Any similar substance in plants.
Synonyms
- internal secretion
A kind of
- secretion
Kinds of hormone
- gastrointestinal hormone
- insulin
- releasing hormone
- human growth hormone
- thyroid hormone
Related words
- glycohormone
- hormonization
- hormonize
- hormonogenesis
- hormonology
- hormonome
- hormonomics
- orgone
- mones
- adipohormone
- adrenocorticotropic hormone
- allohormone
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hormone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.