HORMONES

Meaning of HORMONES in English

a person's sex ~ as held to influence behaviour or mood.

→ hormone

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

HORMONES — Гормоны
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORMONES — Гормоны
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HORMONES — Гормоны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORMONE — Organic compound (often a steroid or peptide ) that is produced in one part of a multicellular organism and travels …
Английский словарь Британика
STEROID HORMONE — noun : any of numerous hormones (as the sex hormones, cortisone, and adrenocortical hormones) characterized by steroid structure steroid hormones …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THYROID GLAND — endocrine gland that is situated in the throat below the larynx (voice box); the thyroid secretes hormones vital to metabolism …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEROID HORMONE — any of a group of hormones that belong to the class of chemical compounds known as steroids; they are secreted …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEROID — any of a class of natural or synthetic organic chemical compounds characterized by a molecular structure of 17 carbon atoms …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROTEIN CONCENTRATE — a human or animal dietary supplement that has a very high protein content and is extracted or prepared from vegetable …
Britannica English vocabulary
PITUITARY GLAND — also called hypophysis one of the endocrine (ductless) glands that secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream. The term hypophysis …
Britannica English vocabulary
MENSTRUATION — periodic discharge from the vagina of blood, secretions, and disintegrating mucous membrane that had lined the uterus. The biological significance …
Britannica English vocabulary
LACTATION — the secretion and yielding of milk by females after giving birth. The milk is produced by the mammary glands, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
HORMONE — organic substance that is produced in one part of a multicellular organism and is able to exert effects on other, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ENDOCRINOLOGY — medical discipline dealing with the role of hormones and other biochemical mediators in regulating bodily functions and with the treatment …
Britannica English vocabulary
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, HUMAN — group of ductless glands that regulate body processes by their secretion of chemical substances called hormones, which are carried to …
Britannica English vocabulary
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM — any of the systems found in animals for the production of hormones, substances that regulate the functioning of the organism. …
Britannica English vocabulary
DRUG CULT — group using drugs to achieve religious or spiritual revelation and for ritualistic purposes. Though the idea may be strange to …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORTICOID — any of a group of more than 40 organic compounds belonging to the steroid family and present in the cortex …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR — any observable activity of a whole living animal. The ways in which animals solve their common problemse.g., eating, drinking, protecting …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADRENAL GLAND — also called Suprarenal Gland, either of two small and virtually identical triangular endocrine glands, one at the upper end of …
Britannica English vocabulary
REICHSTEIN, TADEUS — born July 20, 1897, Wloclawek, Pol. died Aug. 1, 1996, Basel, Switz. Swiss chemist who, with Philip S. Hench and …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLORATION CHANGES — Coloration changes Coloration changes in individual organisms Short-term changes Adaptive colour change: (top) at rest the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) …
Britannica English vocabulary
HORMONE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hormone replacement therapy COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE antidiuretic ▪ Thus, antidiuretic hormone should be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROWTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a growth forecast (= one relating to an increase in the value of goods or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORMONE — n. Organic compound (often a steroid or peptide ) that is produced in one part of a multicellular organism and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) — A hormone produced by the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) that promotes the growth of the thyroid …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HORMONE, THYROID STIMULATING (TSH) — A hormone produced by the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) that promotes the growth of the thyroid …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HORMONE TREATMENT — Treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones. For certain conditions (such as diabetes or menopause), hormones are given to adjust …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
HORMONE THERAPY — Treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones. For certain conditions (such as diabetes or menopause), hormones are given to adjust …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
HORMONAL THERAPY — Treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones. For certain conditions (such as diabetes or menopause), hormones are given to adjust …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ENDOCRINE THERAPY — Treatment that adds, blocks or removes hormones. For certain conditions (suchas diabetes or menopause), hormones are given to adjust low …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Concise Oxford English vocab

← HORMONE HORN IN→