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Autacoid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect
  2. 2
    any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification wordnet

Etymology

From aut- + Ancient Greek ἄκος (ákos, “remedy”) + -oid.

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