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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), whence ὁρμάω (hormáō), ὁρμῶ (hormô, “to set in motion, to urge on, to cheer on, to make a start, to hasten on”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hormone (plural hormones)
- (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 165:
- Hormones are the bicycle couriers of the body, delivering chemical messages all around the teeming metropolis that is you.
- (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- (LGBT, colloquial, usually in the 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.
- (LGBT, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
- (botany) Any similar substance in plants.
Hyponyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:hormone
Derived terms[edit]
- adipohormone
- adrenocorticotropic hormone
- allohormone
- antidiuretic hormone
- antihormone
- anti-Müllerian hormone
- caudodorsal cell hormone
- dorsal body hormone
- ectohormone
- enterohormone
- follicle-stimulating hormone
- follicle stimulating hormone
- growth hormone
- hormonal
- hormonelike
- hormone replacement therapy
- hormone-replacement therapy
- hormones
- hormone therapy
- juvenile hormone
- light green cell hormone
- luteinising hormone
- luteinizing hormone
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- 'mones
- mones
- multihormone
- necrohormone
- neurohormone
- neurohypophysis hormone
- nonhormone
- parahormone
- parathormone
- parathyroid hormone
- phytohormone
- plant hormone
- prehormone
- preprohormone
- prohormone
- proteohormone
- prothoracicotropic hormone
- releasing hormone
- sex hormone
- trophic hormone
- tropic hormone
- xenohormone
Translations[edit]
substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
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synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
a plant hormone
Verb[edit]
hormone (third-person singular simple present hormones, present participle hormoning, simple past and past participle hormoned)
- (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
Translations[edit]
to treat with hormones
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hormone f (plural hormones)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hormone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
hormone (plural hormones)
- Alternative form of hormon.
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