Thesaurus: hormone
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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Definitions
- n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- 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.
- A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in thecirculation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect;thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by ahormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.
- n:100 n. the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect