parahormone
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
Русскийпарагормон
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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