hor´mone-like´

hor´mone-like´
hor|mone «HR mohn», noun.
1. a substance formed in the endocrine glands, which enters the bloodstream and affects or controls the activity of some organ, or of cells or tissues. Adrenalin and insulin are hormones.
2. a substance carried in the protoplasm of plants that acts similarly. Auxins are hormones.
[< Greek hormôn setting in motion, present participle of hormân impel < horm impulse]
hor´mone-like´, adjective.

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