Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A substance, usually a peptide or steroid, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity, such as growth or metabolism.
- n. A synthetic compound that acts like a hormone in the body.
- n. Any of various similar substances found in plants and insects that regulate development.
Wiktionary
- n. physiology Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- n. pharmacology A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- n. Any similar substance in plants.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (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.
- n. (Physiological Chem.) a chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism. .
- n. (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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Etymologies
- 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"). (Wiktionary)
- From Greek hormōn, present participle of hormān, to urge on, from hormē, impulse. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Doctors previously used the term hormone-replacement therapy (HRT), which carried the connotation that menopausal women were missing something essential.”
“We believe students need a break from what I call "hormone display behavior" which can be exhausting for adolescents.”
The Huffington Post: Meg Campbell: Laughter, Joy and Friendship in School?
“However, Jobs took a six-month leave of absence in early 2009 for what he called a "hormone imbalance.”
“This hormone is the ultimate 'feel good' chemical because it is the essence of love, friendship, and tolerance of others.”
“Apple's Jobs: Hormone Condition Won't Hinder CEO Duties letter released today, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs sought to dispel some of the persistent rumors surrounding his health -- while admitting that he's recovering from what he described as a hormone imbalance.”
“We know African-Americans are diagnosed at younger ages with what we call hormone-sensitive cancers, like prostate and breast cancer.”
“In 2003, Dr. Gershon Ejeckam wrote a series of memos in which he dubbed hormone receptor testing erratic, unreliable and unhelpful.”
“The new findings indicate the drop in hormone use will probably speed that, Chlebowski and others said.”
The Washington Post: Study: Hormones up breast cancer deaths
“Can certain hormone combinations increase the relative ratios of certain chromosones in sperm and move certain ova ahead in que?”
Dysculturation?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hormone’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Words That Sound Naughty, but Aint
I'm quite sure there already must be a list for this somewhere. But I want.
coccyx, cumquat, bangkok, ramjet, titmouse, seersucker, woodpecker, hormone, phuket, cockade, dicker, country and 13 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Dontcry's least favorite words of all...
Some make me cry, some make me mad, some sound nasty, some, well, you get the idea.
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unwell
pheochromocytoma, tumor, adrenaline, gland, endocrine, neurological, hormone, imbalance, heart, palpitation, sweating, headache and 74 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hormone.
oroboros Hormone's do speak,
but since they have no tongue,
they use yours. --Jan Cox Nov 12, 2007