Meanings
plural hormones
- medicineAny substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
Interfemale dominance may be facilitated by female sex hormones as well as adrenal testosterone...
1998, Paul Valent, Trauma and fulfillment therapy: a wholist framework2 more examples
Hormones are the bicycle couriers of the body, delivering chemical messages all around the teeming metropolis that is you.
2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 165The text recounts a 2011 experiment: Researchers tested 136 healthy young men’s testosterone levels, asked them about their political party affiliations, then gave them either a placebo or ten grams of AndroGel one percent, a high-end dose of a common form of testosterone often used in hormone replacement therapies. […] Alogaily and the paper’s co-authors argued that this is “evidence that neuro-active hormones affect political preferences”.
2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE - medicineA synthetic compound with the same activity.
Tumours of the adrenal cortex which secreted feminizing hormones […]
1962, D. J. B. Ashley, Human Intersex1 more example
Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.
2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, →DOI- colloquialplural normallymedicineSex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.
I'm going to be going to slightly higher doses of hormones soon.
- biologyAny similar substance in plants.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekὁρμή (hormḗ)
- Ancient Greekὁρμῶν (hormôn)
- Englishhormone
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν
- ὁρμῶν (hormôn)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Arabic هُرْمُون
- هُرْمُون (hurmūn)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Bulgarian хормо́н
- хормо́н (hormón)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Catalan hormona
- hormonasubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Chinese Cantonese 激素
- 激素 (gik¹ sou³)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Chinese Mandarin 激素, 荷爾蒙 /荷尔蒙
- 激素 (jīsù)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- 荷爾蒙 /荷尔蒙 (hé'ěrméng)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Czech hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Danish hormon, hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormonsynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Dutch hormoon
- hormoonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Esperanto hormono, hormono
- hormonosubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormonosynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Finnish hormoni, sisäerite
- hormonisubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- sisäeritesubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- umpieritesubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormonia plant hormone
- kasvihormonia plant hormone
- hormonisynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
French hormone
- hormonesubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
German Hormon
- Hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Greek ορμόνη, ορμόνη
- ορμόνη (ormóni)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- ορμόνη (ormóni)synthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Hebrew הורמון
- הורמון (hormone)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Hindi ग्रंथिरस, न्यासर्ग
- ग्रंथिरस (granthiras)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- न्यासर्ग (nyāsarg)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- अंतःस्राव (antaḥsrāv)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Hungarian hormon, hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormonsynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Icelandic hormón
- hormónsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Indonesian hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Irish hormón
- hormónsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Italian ormone
- ormonesubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Japanese ホルモン
- ホルモン (horumon)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Korean 호르몬
- 호르몬 (horeumon)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Latin hormōn
- hormōnsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Latvian hormons
- hormonssubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Lithuanian hormonas
- hormonassubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Māori taiaki
- taiakisubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Norwegian Bokmål hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Persian هورمون
- هورمون (hurmun)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Polish hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Portuguese hormônio, hormona
- hormôniosubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormonasubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormônioa plant hormone
- hormonaa plant hormone
- hormôniosynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
- hormonasynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Russian гормо́н, инкре́т
- гормо́н (gormón)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- инкре́т (inkrét)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Slovak hormón
- hormónsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Spanish hormona
- hormonasubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Swedish hormon, hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
- hormona plant hormone
- växthormona plant hormone
- hormonsynthetic compound with the same activity as a hormone
Tamil புலங்கள்
- புலங்கள் (pulaṅkaḷ)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Thai ฮอร์โมน
- ฮอร์โมน (hɔɔ-moon)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Ukrainian гормо́н
- гормо́н (hormón)substance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Vietnamese nội tiết tố
- nội tiết tốsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
Welsh hormon
- hormonsubstance produced by the body that effects physiological activity
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Cite this entry
hormone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hormone
“hormone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hormone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hormone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hormone.
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