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• plural of hormone.

hormones

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1. 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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Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Bison, it turned out, could pay their own way as meat—leaner than beef, raised without added hormones, and increasingly sought by Americans favoring whole, unprocessed food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Basically, I became another person,” she said, adding that her hormones felt out of whack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

One important part of this process involves prostaglandins, hormones produced by immune cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

So I started getting worried about my hormones.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger