hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
(noun) the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hormone (plural hormones)
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
Any similar substance in plants.
• See also hormone
hormone (third-person singular simple present hormones, present participle hormoning, simple past and past participle hormoned)
(transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
• moorhen
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"mone (hĂ´r"mon), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
