hormonic

Variant of hormone

hormone definition

hor·mone (hôr′mōn′)

noun

  1. a substance formed in some organ of the body, as the adrenal glands, the pituitary, etc., and carried by a body fluid to another organ or tissue, where it has a specific effect: now often prepared synthetically
  2. a similar substance produced in a plant, as an auxin

Etymology: < Gr hormōn, prp. of horman, to stimulate, excite < hormē, impulse < IE base *ser-, to stream > Sans sará-, fluid, L serum, whey

Related Forms:

  • hormonal hor·mo′·nal (-mō′nəl) adjective or hormonic hor·mon′ic (-män′ik)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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