hormone

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (horme, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), from ὁρμάω (hormao), ὁρμῶ (hormo, “to set in motion, to urge on, to cheer on, to make a start, to hasten on”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɔːməʊn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɔːrmoʊn/

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Noun

hormone (plural hormones)

1. (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
2. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
3. Any similar substance in plants.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hormone

Derived terms

• hormonal
• hormone therapy

Translations

substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity

Arabic: هرمون (ar) (hurmuun) m. Bulgarian: хормон (bg) (hormón) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 激素 (zh) (jīsù) Czech: hormon (cs) m. Danish: hormon (da) Dutch: hormoon (nl) n. Esperanto: hormono (eo) Finnish: hormoni (fi) French: hormone (fr) f. German: Hormon (de) n. Greek: ορμόνη (el) (ormóni) f. Hindi: हॉर्मोन (hi) (hormon) Icelandic: hormón (is) m. and n. Ido: hormono (io)

Italian: ormone (it) m. Japanese: ホルモン (ja) (horumon) Korean: 호르몬 (ko) (horeumon) Persian: هورمون (fa) (hurmun) Polish: hormon (pl) m. Portuguese: hormônio (pt) m. Russian: гормон (ru) (gormón) m., инкрет (ru) (inkrét) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хо̀рмо̄н (sh) m. Roman: hòrmōn (sh) m. Slovak: hormón (sk) m. Spanish: hormona (es) f. Swedish: hormon (sv) n. Tamil: புலங்கள் (ta) (pulangaL)

synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone

Danish: hormon (da) Esperanto: hormono (eo) Finnish: hormoni (fi)

Greek: ορμόνη (el) (ormóni) f. Portuguese: hormônio (pt) m. Swedish: hormon (sv) n.

a plant hormone

Finnish: hormoni (fi), kasvihormoni (fi)

Swedish: hormon (sv) n., växthormon (sv) n.

Anagrams

• moorhen

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Noun

hormone m. (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Derived terms

• hormonal