Hormone

/ˈhɔːməʊn/

Synonyms for "hormone" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (14)

Noun(3 words)
chemical messengerendocrinegrowth regulator

Related words (22)

insulinintestinal juicematurativemucuspancreatic juiceprogesteroneprostatic fluidrheumsalivary secretionsemenspermteartearsthyroxinvasodilatorvitamin
Noun(6 words)
internal secretionmelatoninphytohormoneplant hormoneregulatorsignal molecule

Related word relations

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More general

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9 entries

Collocations

6 entries
growth hormonehormone levelshormone productionhormone receptorhormone therapysex hormones

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Translations

8 translations across 7 languages.

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Danish

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  • hormon noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Esperanto

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  • hormono noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hormoni noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Greek

1 entries
  • ορμόνη noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hormon noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • hormona noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)
  • hormônio noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hormon noun (synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Female hormone imbalance is a major cause of infertility.

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Estrogen is a hormone.

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Doctors are about to repeat the disaster of hormone replacement therapy in women.

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Love is nothing more than a temporary hormone imbalance.

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