chalone

chalone definition - medical

cha·lone (kāˈlōnˌ, kălˈōnˌ)

noun
  1. A hormone that inhibits rather than stimulates.
  2. Any of several polypeptides produced by a tissue and causing the reversible inhibition of mitosis in cells of that tissue.

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