Meaning

4 senses

  1. Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.

    Hormon

    гормо́нgormón, инкре́тinkrét

    гормо́нhormón

  2. A synthetic compound with the same activity.

  3. A synthetic compound with the same activity.

    (colloquial, usually plural)Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.

    I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.

  4. Any similar substance in plants.

More definitions
  • the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Examples

44 sentences

  1. Estrogen is a hormone.

    Естроген — це гормон. — deniko

    ruЭстроген - это гормон. — astyng

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  2. What are hormones?

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  3. Testosterone is the hormone of aggressivity.

    Тестостерон — гормон агресивності. — deniko

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  4. I am receiving hormone replacement therapy.

    deIch mache gerade eine Hormonersatztherapie. — Waldelfe

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  5. The pancreas secretes enzymes and hormones.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity:
Русский
By meaning 1
substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō,

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).

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Forms

plural: hormones
Singularhormone
Pluralhormones

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect:endocrineinternal secretion

Word family

53 related words
Relatedsteroidhormonal
Derivedadipohormoneadrenocorticotropic hormoneallohormoneantidiuretic hormoneantihormonecorticotropin-releasing hormoneectohormoneenterohormoneglycohormonegonadotropin-releasing hormonegrowth hormonehormonelikehormoneshormone therapyhormonizationhormonizehormonogenesishormonologyhormonomehormonomicsinhibiting hormonejuvenile hormoneluteinizing hormonemelanocyte-stimulating hormone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horizontalhorizontallyhormonalhornB1hornbillhornet

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