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Synonyms for hormone

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawr-mohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔr moʊn

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Définition of hormone

Origin :
  • 1905, from Greek hormon "that which sets in motion," present participle of horman "impel, urge on," from horme "onset, impulse," from PIE *or-sma-, from root *er- "to move, set in motion." Used by Hippocrates to denote a vital principle; modern meaning coined by English physiologist Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927). Jung used horme (1915) in reference to hypothetical mental energy that drives unconscious activities and instincts. Related: Hormones.
  • As in contraceptive : noun birth control method
Example sentences :
  • This is unquestionably to be interpreted as a case of hormone action.
  • Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb
  • His mother's face, still faintly shiny with hormone cream, turned toward him.
  • Extract from : « There Will Be School Tomorrow » by V. E. Thiessen
  • This gland is now known to manufacture and pour out into the blood a hormone which is a regulator of metabolism.
  • Extract from : « Physiology » by Ernest G. Martin
  • If the gland is inactive and does not secrete enough of the hormone, there is a reduction in the metabolism.
  • Extract from : « Physiology » by Ernest G. Martin
  • Menopause is not a disorder but a natural condition of aging that involves changes in hormone levels in the body.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Our modern conception of hormone action shows certain resemblances with this theory.
  • Extract from : « On the Natural Faculties » by Galen
  • Doubtless plants produce in their leaves a hormone which directs certain enzymes that conduct wound repair by cell division.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • The hormone might conceivably modify the germ-plasm but if so, it would more likely be in some wholly different way.
  • Extract from : « Applied Eugenics » by Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • This hormone is the result of the action of hydrochloric acid upon some substance in the intestinal wall.
  • Extract from : « Dietetics for Nurses » by Fairfax T. Proudfit
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