parahormone

English

noun
Definitions
  • A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.

Etymology

Prefix from English hormone.

Origin

English

hormone

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