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Noun hormone has 1 sense
- hormone, endocrine, internal secretion - the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
--1 is a kind of secretion
--1 has particulars: | adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin; epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin; gastrin; ghrelin; glucagon; gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone; insulin; melatonin; neurohormone; oxytocin, Pitocin; parathyroid hormone, parathormone; relaxin; releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor; secretin; somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone; thymosin; thyroid hormone; vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin; steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone; adrenosterone; glucocorticoid; catecholamine; melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH; thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH; thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRH, thyrotropin-releasing factor, TRF, protirelin |
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