hormone
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hormone/ˈhɔːməʊn/
▶noun a substance produced by specialized cells in a living organism and transported in tissue fluids to regulate the action of specific cells or tissues.
■ (hormones) a person's sex hormones as held to influence behaviour or mood.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Gk hormōn, pres. part. of horman ‘set in motion’.
'hormone' also found in these Oxford entries:
abscisic acid
- acromegaly
- ACTH
- ADH
- adrenalin
- adrenocorticotrophic hormone
- aldosterone
- androgen
- androsterone
- antidiuretic hormone
- apoprotein
- auxin
- BGH
- calcitonin
- corpus luteum
- corticosterone
- corticotrophin
- cortisone
- diabetes insipidus
- diabetes mellitus
- dihydrotestosterone
- ecdysone
- epinephrine
- follicle-stimulating hormone
- FSH
- glucagon
- growth factor
- growth hormone
- gynaecomastia
- HGH
- hormonal
- hormone replacement therapy
- HRT
- hydrocortisone
- hyperparathyroidism
- hypogonadism
- hypoparathyroidism
- hypopituitarism
- indoleacetic acid
- insulin
- international unit
- juvenile hormone
- levonorgestrel
- LH
- luteinizing hormone
- melatonin
- neurohormone
- noradrenaline
- Norplant
