melatoninnoun [ U ]
uk/mel.əˈtəʊ.nɪn/us/mel.əˈtoʊ.nɪn/specializeda hormone in the body that produces changes in skin colour and is involved in controlling biorhythms such as our sleep pattern
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
See more results »