NEUROHORMONE

Meaning of NEUROHORMONE in English

Pronunciation: - ' ho ̇ r- ˌ m ō n

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1935

: a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue

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NEUROHORMONE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1935 a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEUROHORMONE — “+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary neur- + hormone : a hormone produced by or acting on nervous tissue
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEUROHORMONE — /noor'oh hawr"mohn, nyoor'-/ , n. Biochem. any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEUROHORMONE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1935 : a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEUROHORMONE — ■ noun Physiology a hormone (such as noradrenaline) produced by nerve cells and secreted into the circulation.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NEUROHORMONE — [neu.ro.hor.mone] n [ISV] (1935): a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEUROHORMONE — any of a group of substances produced by specialized cells (neurosecretory cells) structurally typical of the nervous, rather than of …
Britannica English vocabulary
NEUROHORMONE — n. a hormone produced by nerve-cells and secreted into the circulation.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEUROHORMONE — n. a hormone produced by nerve-cells and secreted into the circulation.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEUROHORMONE — n. a hormone produced by nerve-cells and secreted into the circulation.
Oxford English vocab
SOMATOSTATIN — noun see: stand Date: 1973 a polypeptide neurohormone that is found especially in the hypothalamus and inhibits the secretion of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEUROHUMOR — noun Date: 1932 neurohormone , ~al adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEUROHORMONAL — adjective Date: circa 1935 involving both neural and hormonal mechanisms, of, relating to, or being a neurohormone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOMATOSTATIN — sə¦mad.ə¦stat ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: somat- + -stat + -in : a polypeptide neurohormone that is found …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYMPATHIN — ˈsimpəthə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sympath- (from sympathetic ) (I) + -in : a neurohormone secreted …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEUROHORMONAL — /noor'oh hawr mohn"l, nyoor'-/ , adj. 1. pertaining to or controlled by a neurohormone. 2. pertaining to, affecting, or controlled …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMATOSTATIN — noun Etymology: somat- + Latin stat us (past participle of sistere to halt, cause to stand) + English -in (I); …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEUROHUMOR — noun Date: 1932 : neurohormone ; especially : neurotransmitter • neu·ro·hu·mor·al -mə-rəl adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEUROHORMONAL — adjective Date: circa 1935 1. : involving both neural and hormonal mechanisms 2. : of, relating to, or being a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMATOSTATIN — [so.mato.stat.in] n [somat- + L status (pp. of sistere to halt, cause to stand) + E [1]-in; akin to L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEUROHUMOR — [neu.ro.hu.mor] n (1932): neurohormone; esp: neurotransmitter -- neu.ro.hu.mor.al adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEUROHORMONAL — [neu.ro.hor.mon.al] adj (ca. 1935) 1: involving both neural and hormonal mechanisms 2: of, relating to, or being a neurohormone
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THORACOTROPIC HORMONE — also called ecdysiotropic hormone, or prothoracotropin, neurohormone secreted in arthropods. After being released by neurosecretory cells of the brain, the …
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