Parahormone
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Parahormone is a noun meaning A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.
Meaning
A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.
Word Forms
- parahormones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include xenohormone, nonhistone, semiochemical, propheromone, heteroanalogue, paraxanthine.
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