hormones


Chemical substances, produced in the body by endocrine glands, that are transported by the blood to other organs to stimulate their function. Adrenaline, estrogen, insulin, and testosterone are all hormones.

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How to use hormones in a sentence

  • These various hormones or chemical controllers in the blood interact in a nicely balanced chemical system.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • They are called endocrine glands or organs, and their chemical contributions to the blood are known as hormones.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • They have recently been much studied, and the general name of hormones given to them by Starling.

    Married Love | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • Only the valuable plant hormones from Mars made commerce possible at the ridiculously high freight rate.

    Badge of Infamy | Lester del Rey
  • They grew native plants and extracted hormones in crude little chemical plants.

    Badge of Infamy | Lester del Rey