Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organic substance, such as a hormone, produced in one part of an organism and transported by the blood, lymph, or sap to another part of the organism where it exerts a physiologic effect on that part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification.
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- noun A
hormone or similar compound
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[aut(o)– + Greek akos, cure + –oid.]
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Ancient Greek aut- + ἄκος (akos, "remedy") + -oid
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