hormonic
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a word derived from
hormone.
hormonenounany of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
Example Sentences
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Wang has worked in hormonic analysis, which looks into the movement of waves.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
About half of these disclosed some form of hormonic activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Of these twenty-three exhibited the somatic criteria or hormonic signs of the ante-pituitary type.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
At puberty arise the most exquisite cases of life crisis dependent upon hormonic crisis.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
Matsumato has lately pointed out the significance of the fact that the interstitial testicular tissue, essential to the hormonic function of the testes, only becomes active at puberty.
From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Havelock Ellis