Hormone

/ˈhɔːməʊn/ · noun

Meaning

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity..

Definitions by Sense

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. (botany) Any similar substance in plants.
4. (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.

Example Sentences

Interfemale dominance may be facilitated by female sex hormones as well as adrenal testosterone...

Hormones are the bicycle couriers of the body, delivering chemical messages all around the teeming metropolis that is you.

The text recounts a 2011 experiment: Researchers tested 136 healthy young men’s testosterone levels, asked them about their political party affiliations, then gave them either a placebo or ten grams of AndroGel one percent, a high-end dose of a common form of testosterone often used in hormone replacement therapies. […] Alogaily and the paper’s co-authors argued that this is “evidence that neuro-active hormones affect political preferences”.

Tumours of the adrenal cortex which secreted feminizing hormones […]

Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.

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• hormones
• hormoning
• hormoned

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