Synonym: endocrine, internal secretion. Similar words: harmony, enormous, furthermore, horn, norm, form, short, money. Meaning: ['hɔrməʊn /'hɔːm-] 
n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect.
n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect. 
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1 Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.
2 Testosterone is the male sex hormone.
3 Extra doses of the hormone caused the animals' reproductive organs to develop sooner than usual.
4 This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.
5 This drug helps depress high hormone levels.
6 My hormone balance is disturbed by my pregnancy.
7 Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.
8 Research has shown that hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of fracture by 50 to 60 per cent.
9 Hormone levels increase throughout pregnancy.
10 Thus, antidiuretic hormone should be given,[www.Sentencedict.com] as well.
11 He cloned the growth hormone of rainbow trout.
12 Does human growth hormone really help?
13 Secretion of growth hormone was not assessed.
14 When antidiuretic hormone is absent, urinary dilution occurs.
15 I continually demanded my right to have hormone treatment and operations, to become a man physically as much as possible.
16 Growth hormone is a protein made in the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
17 Somatostatin, a hormone that inhibits the release of growth hormone, is now well know, but its opposite proved elusive.
18 A hormone, progestogen, is injected into a muscle, and is released very slowly into the body.
19 Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the < ...
20 says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the mineral.
21 Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the mineral.
22 But once Ollie had started to mature socially, his male hormone output enhanced his urge to gain a higher social level.
23 Casodex is a drug that blocks the release of testosterone, a hormone that is linked to prostate cancer.
24 The controls were 713 postmenopausal women aged 45-65 not taking hormone replacements.
25 The insulin like growth factors are thought to mediate some of the effects of growth hormone on tissues.
26 A woman who is not ovulating escapes the sharp changes in hormone levels that can lead to mood swings.
27 They could be cured if they were treated in time with iodine, whole gland, or pure hormone.
28 Little is known about the side-effects of synthetic growth hormone, particularly in normal children.
29 If they are elevated, you should consider alternative measures, such as hormone replacement, to prevent osteoporosis.
30 The cloud in this particular silver lining is progestogen, a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone.