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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91 When antidiuretic hormone is present to a maximal degree, urine concentration is high.
92 There are conflicting reports of spontaneous and stimulated growth hormone secretion in childhood Crohn's disease.
93 On the other hand the boredom factor can then set in, and hormone levels may drop because they are no longer stimulated.
94 Nearly fifty thousand pounds worth of a growth hormone called Genotropin has disappeared from a warehouse.
95 Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates how the body converts food into energy.
96 In the absence of antidiuretic hormone, the distal tubule and collecting duct are impermeable to water.
97 In 1987, the agency had directed blood banks to similarly disqualify donors who have received pituitary-derived growth hormone.
98 Not all cuttings benefit greatly from a rooting hormone, but it is worth using.
99 Gastrin is a gut hormone produced by G cells located in the gastric antrum.
100 The authors suggested that this might represent end organ resistance to growth hormone.
101 Even emotional stress can be a trigger to finely-tuned glands responsible for the maintenance of hormone levels.
102 Varicose veins Hormone changes and weight gain give rise to varicose veins.
103 The hormone has great potential for alleviating problems during childbirth and, perhaps,[www.Sentencedict.com] in the treatment of arthritis.
104 Factors such as stress and a poor diet can affect these hormone levels, worsening the symptoms.
105 The loser, on the other hand, is dejected, and his hormone level plummets.
106 Cellulite is a peculiarly female problem in which the hormone oestrogen plays a part.
107 Sheldon: How about your follicle-stimulating hormone levels?
108 You should spread some growth hormone on the crops.
109 Insect hormones include ecdysone, thoracotropic hormone, and juvenile hormone.
110 This hormone flows down the main stem.
111 Menopausal women should seek hormone replacement therapy.
112 Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone; free acid; TRH; free acid.
113 To investigate the molecular mechanism of IMF deposition, we explored the expression patterns of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene, hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) gene and the polymorphism of LPL gene.
114 But the study found that even mashed, baked or boiled potatoes were unexpectedly plumping, perhaps because of their effect on the hormone insulin.
115 Objective To study the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) and bromocriptine (BC) on the hormone secretion and proliferation of pituitary prolactin (PRL) secreting adenoma cells in vitro.
116 Long-term intake of hormone will probably result in cyclomastopathy and even ovarian cyst in women.
117 Methods: Radioimmunoassay (RIA) and Wright Giemsa stain were used to detect serum sexual hormone and sperm cytology in 45 aspermia patients.
118 This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Lentinus edodes polysaccharide (LEP) on growth performance, some serum hormone and some immune indices in piglets.
119 By using pot tests, the effect of low-P stress on dark sun-cured tobacco endogenous hormone and root activities were studied during different growth stage.
120 The occurence of the disease is related to pathological type, infective agent, nonstandard application of hormone, hyperlipemia and hypercoagulability.