hormonal

[hawr-mohn-l]

adjective

1. of or relating to a hormone or hormones.

   hormonal secretions from endocrine glands.

2. exhibiting any of the emotional and behavioral effects of one’s sex hormones: They’re just hormonal boys looking at nude pictures.

   I was hormonal after giving birth, crying over nothing.

   They’re just hormonal boys looking at nude pictures.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hormonal¹

First recorded in 1925–30; hormon(e) ( def. ) + -al ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Infections, hormonal shifts and even gut microbes can trigger disease in susceptible people.

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"All neuropsychiatric disorders show fluctuations in symptom severity over hormonal states, suggesting that a better understanding of how hormones influence neural circuits might reveal what causes these diseases," notes Constantinople.

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Ellis, meanwhile, has a nearly 14-year-old son who is in what she calls a “teenage, hormonal place” — not that dissimilar to Emily, who has three slacker teenagers obsessed with video games.

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“Would I start it for mood-related symptoms? It depends on if it really seems to be hormonally related mood symptoms and do they have other symptoms. Most of the time these symptoms don’t happen alone.”

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The increased risk could be attributed to a particular hormonal medication used in the study that doctors have since moved away from, he wrote.

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