Definitions
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Tumours of the adrenal cortex which secreted feminizing hormones […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Body chemical messenger”7 letters
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