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hormone

noun
🔊/ˈhɔːməʊn/
🔊/ˈhɔːrməʊn/
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  1. a chemical substance produced in the body or in a plant that encourages growth or influences how the cells and tissues function; an artificial substance that has similar effects激素；荷尔蒙
    • growth hormones生长激素
    • a hormone imbalance激素失调
    • Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.雌激素是一种雌性荷尔蒙。🔊🔊
    • children who do not produce enough growth hormone生长激素分泌不足的儿童
    Topics Bodyc1, Biologyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • female
    • male
    • growth
    • …
    verb + hormone
    • produce
    • release
    • secrete
    • …
    hormone + noun
    • production
    • therapy
    • treatment
    • …
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek hormōn, present participle of horman ‘impel, set in motion’.