what does hormone mean?
HORMONE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) hormone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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