Hormone



GRE

解释

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• n. 荷尔蒙, 激素
• ［记］ horm ( 鼓动, 冲动) +one -> 激素;
• ［同］ 参考: horme ( 有目的活动的驱动力)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Greek hormōn, present participle of horman to stir up, from hormē impulse, assault; akin to Greek ornynai to rouse — more at rise
• Date: 1905
• 1. a product of living cells that circulates in body fluids (as blood) or sap and produces a specific often stimulatory effect on the activity of cells usually remote from its point of origin; also a synthetic substance that acts like a hormone
• 2. sex hormone
• ? hormonelike adjective

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