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Words related to hormones

hor·mone
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  • somatomedin

    any of various liver hormones that enhance the activity of a variety of other hormones, as somatotropin.

  • adrenal gland

    an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney. Its medulla secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline and its cortex secretes several steroid hormones

  • adrenocorticosteroid

    corticosteroid

  • apical dominance

    suppression of the development of lateral buds in a growing plant shoot, caused by hormones produced in the tip of the shoot.

  • atrial natriuretic factor

    any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
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