hormonenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhɔː.məʊn/us/ˈhɔːr.moʊn/any of various chemicals made by living cells that influence the development, growth, sex, etc. of an animal and are carried around the body in the blood:
male and female hormones
growth hormones
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 »