Usually means: Chemical messengers regulating body processes.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. hormone: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hormone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hormone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hormone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hormone: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hormone, hormone: Wordnik
  7. hormone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hormone: Wiktionary
  9. hormone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hormone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hormone: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hormone: Dictionary.com
  13. hormone: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hormone: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hormone (disambiguation), Hormone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hormone: Rhymezone
  17. hormone, hormone (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hormone: Free Dictionary
  19. hormone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. hormone: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hormone: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hormone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hormone: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. hormone: Natural Health glossary
  5. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  6. Hormone: Diabetes Dictionary
  7. Hormone(s): Merck Manuals
  8. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Hormone: Diabetes
  10. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  11. Hormone: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
  12. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  13. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  14. hormone: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  15. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  16. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  17. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  18. Kidney Patient Guide Glossary (No longer online)
  19. Hormone: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  20. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  21. hormone: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  22. hormone: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  23. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  24. -hormone, hormone: Medical dictionary
  25. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  26. Hormone: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Hormone: Medicinal Chemistry
  4. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  6. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hormone: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Hormone: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Hormone: Beauty & Health Glossary
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See hormonelike as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
noun:  (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
noun:  (LGBTQ, colloquial, usually in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
noun:  (botany) Any similar substance in plants.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.

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