transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯr-ˌmōn ]
noun
Etymology: Greek hormōn, present participle of horman to stir up, from hormē impulse, assault; akin to Greek ornynai to rouse — more at rise
Date: 1905
1. : a product of living cells that circulates in body fluids (as blood) or sap and produces a specific often stimulatory effect on the activity of cells usually remote from its point of origin ; also : a synthetic substance that acts like a hormone
2. : sex hormone
• hor·mone·like -ˌlīk adjective