hormone

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
2. A synthetic compound with the same activity.
3. (colloquial, plural-normally) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
4. Any similar substance in plants.

Verb

To treat with hormones.

Conceptos

hormona

hormón

corticoide

acción

ACTH

hormona ACTH

hormon

Sinónimos

hormonal

internal secretion

endocrine

ACTH

cortin

corticosteroid

promoting substance

noradrenaline

steroids

Traducciones

hormone

Hormon

ormone

ορμόνη

hormoon

hormona

hormônio

hormon

هرمون

hormona

hormon

هُرْمُون

ορμόνες

ορμόνη o̞rˈmo̞ni

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhɔːməʊn/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).