hormone

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːməʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoɹmoʊn/

Noun

hormone (plural hormones)

1. (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
2. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
   1. (LGBTQ, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.

3. (botany) Any similar substance in plants.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:hormone

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hormone (third-person singular simple present hormones, present participle hormoning, simple past and past participle hormoned)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.

Translations

Anagrams

• moorhen

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.mɔn/

Noun

hormone f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Derived terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Noun

hormone (plural hormones)

1. Alternative form of hormon.

Spanish

Verb

hormone

1. inflection of hormonar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative