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hormone Definition


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hormone
noun
    1. A substance secreted by an endocrine gland, and carried in the bloodstream to organs and tissues located elsewhere in the body, where it performs a specific physiological action.
    2. An artificially manufactured chemical compound which has the same function as such a substance.
    3. A substance in plants which influences their growth and development.
Etymology: Early 20c: from Greek horman to stimulate.



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