Hormone

Definitions

1. Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
2. A synthetic compound with the same activity.
3. Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
   colloquial, plural-normally
4. Any similar substance in plants.

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةالهورمونهُرْمُون

Bosanskihormonхормон

Catalàhormona

Češtinahormon

Cymraeghormon

Danskhormon

Ελληνικάορμόνη

Esperantohormono

Suomihormonikasvihormonisisäeriteumpierite+ 1 more

Gaeilgehormón

Galegohormona

हिन्दीग्रंथिरस

Hrvatskihormonхормон

Magyarhormon

Bahasa Indonesiahormon

Íslenskahormón

Italianoormone

日本語ホルモン

ភាសាខ្មែរអរម៉ូន

한국어호르몬

Kurdîhormon

Latinahormon

Latviešuhormons

Nederlandshormoon

Polskihormon

Portuguêshormonahormônio

Русскийгормонинкре́т

Slovenčinahormón

Српскиhormonхормон

Svenskahormon

ไทยฮอร์โมน

Українськагормон

Tiếng Việtkích thích tốnội tiết tố

Examples

“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.”

“I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.”

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