hormone

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

hormônio

hormona

das

ACTH

corticosteróide

corticóide

glândulas supra-renais

Hormônios

córtex

Sinônimos

hormonal

internal secretion

endocrine

ACTH

cortin

corticosteroid

promoting substance

noradrenaline

steroids

Traduções

hormona

hormone

Hormon

ormone

ορμόνη

hormoon

hormona

hormon

هرمون

hormón

hormon

هُرْمُون

ορμόνες

ορμόνη o̞rˈmo̞ni

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhɔːməʊn/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).