CHALONE


Meaning of CHALONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkā-ˌlōn, ˈka- ]

noun

Etymology: Greek chalōn, present participle of chalan to slacken

Date: 1914

: a substance (as a glycoprotein) that inhibits mitosis only in the specific tissue that secretes it — compare hormone

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