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单词 hormone
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Definition of hormone in English:

hormone

noun ˈhɔːməʊnˈhɔrˌmoʊn
  • 1A regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The concept of hormones as potent substances regulating physical processes in organisms implied a drastic change in the paradigm of physiology.
    • The gene altered in the giant rats makes the protein Leptin, a hormone released by fat cells as an appetite regulator.
    • These gonadotropins in turn stimulate synthesis of steroid hormones in target tissues.
    • Specific hormones that belong to this category are epinephrine and norepinephrine.
    • Diabetes is caused by problems with insulin, the hormone that triggers cells to absorb and store glucose from the blood.
    • Blood glucose is tightly regulated in the body by two hormones called insulin and glucagon.
    • It turns out that the active form of vitamin D is one of the most potent hormones to inhibit cell proliferation.
    • The kidneys also produce hormones that regulate our blood pressure and body salts.
    • Fat cells convert hormones called androgens into estrogen, which raises a woman's risk.
    • The physical stress of a cold or other illness causes your body to produce hormones that raise your blood sugar level.
    • From a physiological perspective, we need to better understand how hormones regulate tissues.
    • Insulin is the hormone which keeps blood sugar levels within the normal healthy range.
    • The ovaries also make the hormones oestrogen and progestogen, which help to regulate the menstrual cycle (periods).
    • It's one of the lipids, or fats, your body makes and is used to build cell walls and form some hormones and tissues.
    • Just like the normal endometrium, endometrial cells need the hormone oestrogen to survive and grow.
    • Over the past three decades a great deal of evidence has accumulated in favor of the hypothesis that steroid receptor hormones act via regulation of gene expression.
    • People who are constantly under stress have a high level of hormones like cortisone and adrenalin in their blood.
    • The organ produces enzymes essential for digestion and secretes hormones that help control blood sugar levels.
    • The gene makes a receptor protein that is stimulated by a brain hormone called vasopressin.
    • HGH is one of several hormones that maintain blood sugar within a normal range.
    1. 1.1 A synthetic substance with a similar effect to that of an animal or plant hormone.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I can't say I missed bleeding, but I did feel weird about a steady diet of synthetic hormones.
      • For this reason, the synthetic hormones are technically known as ovulation inhibitors.
      • Anabolic steroids are made with synthetic male hormones and cause more dangerous side-effects among girls than boys.
      • There are no synthetic hormones, no pesticides, and no unnecessary ingredients.
      • The synthetic hormones have side effects, especially liver qi stagnation and blood stagnation.
      • As your baby's born, you may be given an injection of a synthetic hormone, usually in your thigh or buttock.
      • People become vegetarians for all kinds of reasons; pumping sentient animals full of hormones and making their lives hell being only one of them.
      • Age, ethnicity, body mass index, and previous use of hormones had no effect on outcomes.
      • Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones that cause the body to produce muscle and prevent muscle breakdown.
      • Doctors insert rods into their arms which release synthetic hormones that prevent the teenagers producing eggs.
      • They could be giving hormones to the farm animals, or antibiotics, and who knows what's in their feed.
      • One recommended the usual synthetic hormones; another prescribed black cohosh and yam extract.
      • The basic hormone on which all synthetic anabolic steroids are based.
      • Treatment is typically with synthetic thyroid hormones, which can normalize blood pressure.
    2. 1.2hormones A person's sex hormones as held to influence behaviour or mood.
      she told herself she was suffering from hormones, that she would cheer up soon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was not the scantily clad woman that disgusted Joel, but the effect his own hormones had on him.
      • And how can you trust your teenage opinion of people, when those opinions were being formed via rampaging hormones and juvenile mood swings?
      • It is also influenced by her weight and by hormones.
      • Follow these steps to keep your hormones in balance - and your hormone-induced mood swings to a minimum.
      • It may have been his hormones which improved his mood, as I watched him check her out constantly.
      • I need it to keep my hormones leveled out or I get the worst possible mood swings you can imagine.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Greek hormōn, present participle of horman 'impel, set in motion'.

 
 

Definition of hormone in US English:

hormone

nounˈhɔrˌmoʊnˈhôrˌmōn
  • 1A regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's one of the lipids, or fats, your body makes and is used to build cell walls and form some hormones and tissues.
    • The gene altered in the giant rats makes the protein Leptin, a hormone released by fat cells as an appetite regulator.
    • Insulin is the hormone which keeps blood sugar levels within the normal healthy range.
    • From a physiological perspective, we need to better understand how hormones regulate tissues.
    • Blood glucose is tightly regulated in the body by two hormones called insulin and glucagon.
    • The physical stress of a cold or other illness causes your body to produce hormones that raise your blood sugar level.
    • Just like the normal endometrium, endometrial cells need the hormone oestrogen to survive and grow.
    • HGH is one of several hormones that maintain blood sugar within a normal range.
    • The organ produces enzymes essential for digestion and secretes hormones that help control blood sugar levels.
    • Specific hormones that belong to this category are epinephrine and norepinephrine.
    • Diabetes is caused by problems with insulin, the hormone that triggers cells to absorb and store glucose from the blood.
    • The concept of hormones as potent substances regulating physical processes in organisms implied a drastic change in the paradigm of physiology.
    • Over the past three decades a great deal of evidence has accumulated in favor of the hypothesis that steroid receptor hormones act via regulation of gene expression.
    • People who are constantly under stress have a high level of hormones like cortisone and adrenalin in their blood.
    • The kidneys also produce hormones that regulate our blood pressure and body salts.
    • Fat cells convert hormones called androgens into estrogen, which raises a woman's risk.
    • It turns out that the active form of vitamin D is one of the most potent hormones to inhibit cell proliferation.
    • These gonadotropins in turn stimulate synthesis of steroid hormones in target tissues.
    • The ovaries also make the hormones oestrogen and progestogen, which help to regulate the menstrual cycle (periods).
    • The gene makes a receptor protein that is stimulated by a brain hormone called vasopressin.
    1. 1.1 A synthetic substance with an effect similar to that of an animal or plant hormone.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are no synthetic hormones, no pesticides, and no unnecessary ingredients.
      • Treatment is typically with synthetic thyroid hormones, which can normalize blood pressure.
      • The basic hormone on which all synthetic anabolic steroids are based.
      • They could be giving hormones to the farm animals, or antibiotics, and who knows what's in their feed.
      • Doctors insert rods into their arms which release synthetic hormones that prevent the teenagers producing eggs.
      • As your baby's born, you may be given an injection of a synthetic hormone, usually in your thigh or buttock.
      • One recommended the usual synthetic hormones; another prescribed black cohosh and yam extract.
      • I can't say I missed bleeding, but I did feel weird about a steady diet of synthetic hormones.
      • Anabolic steroids are made with synthetic male hormones and cause more dangerous side-effects among girls than boys.
      • Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones that cause the body to produce muscle and prevent muscle breakdown.
      • For this reason, the synthetic hormones are technically known as ovulation inhibitors.
      • The synthetic hormones have side effects, especially liver qi stagnation and blood stagnation.
      • People become vegetarians for all kinds of reasons; pumping sentient animals full of hormones and making their lives hell being only one of them.
      • Age, ethnicity, body mass index, and previous use of hormones had no effect on outcomes.
    2. 1.2hormones A person's sex hormones as held to influence behavior or mood.
      she told herself she was suffering from hormones, that she would cheer up soon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is also influenced by her weight and by hormones.
      • And how can you trust your teenage opinion of people, when those opinions were being formed via rampaging hormones and juvenile mood swings?
      • It was not the scantily clad woman that disgusted Joel, but the effect his own hormones had on him.
      • Follow these steps to keep your hormones in balance - and your hormone-induced mood swings to a minimum.
      • I need it to keep my hormones leveled out or I get the worst possible mood swings you can imagine.
      • It may have been his hormones which improved his mood, as I watched him check her out constantly.

Origin

Early 20th century: from Greek hormōn, present participle of horman ‘impel, set in motion’.

 
 
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