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parahormone

parahormone noun: a substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.

Noun

parahormone (plural parahormones)

  1. A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.

Forms of parahormone

pluralparahormones

Origin of parahormone

From para- + hormone.

Questions about parahormone

What does parahormone mean?
Parahormone means a substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.
What part of speech is parahormone?
Parahormone is a noun.
What is the plural of parahormone?
The plural of parahormone is parahormones.

Words near parahormone in the dictionary

  1. parahopeite
  2. parahoplitid
  3. parahoplitids
  4. parahoric
  5. parahormonal
  6. parahormone
  7. parahormones
  8. parahoxozoan
  9. parahoxozoans
  10. parahuman
  11. parahumans

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