hormone
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- noun
- /ˈhɔrˌmoʊn/
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- Without those five hormones, you would die within minutes.
- hormone replacement
- hormone therapy
- hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
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Watch on YouTubeWithout those five hormones, you would die within minutes.
- Without those five hormones, you would die within minutes.
- I really thought you just took some hormones, harvested some eggs.
- It's the literal hormone that cows make anyway.
- There is an increase in stress hormone release into the bloodstream.
- So we do have hormones that are available for treatment.
- But the arousal that's created from those stress hormones is a rush of energy.
- Leading scientists point to hormone disruption chemicals as one of the causes.
- Oxytocin is the most powerful hormone on the planet.
- So you're you're shifting your hormone profile to be burning.
- Immune system should add hormones, mood and cognition.
- But let me tell you, your hormones can F you up.
- And the benefit of that is that our hormones need that input.
- The absence of the addiction to the stress hormones is called joy.
- So, yeah, what else is unique to male hormone health that you can speak to?
- And that's a lot of that is tied to the hormone disruptors.
- So that's how one kind of chemical, one hormone can do both things.
- And at its core, hormones are proteins.
- And in fact, the hormones of stress are the hormones of life.
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Key evidence for the use of hormone replacement therapy is presented and discussed.
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And these produce the stress hormone, the stress hormone cortisol.
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"It's my fault for having too much growth hormone in my system," he said.
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Oxytocin is the most powerful hormone on the planet.
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So we do have hormones that are available for treatment.
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So that's how one kind of chemical, one hormone can do both things.
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It is your best way to keep your hormone level stable as you get older.
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So stress can cause your hormones to go down.
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And at its core, hormones are proteins.
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The doctor explained how the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar levels in the body.
Synonyms
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A chemical made by a gland that enters the blood and affects certain parts of the body
Compounds
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A chemical made by a gland that makes people and animals grow and cells multiply
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A chemical made by a small gland under the brain that helps the body grow and make new cells
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A medical treatment that gives chemicals made by the body to women after menopause to reduce symptoms and bone loss
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A body chemical that helps sex organs and other adult body features like hair or voice develop
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Chemicals made in a small gland in the neck that control how the body uses energy
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A chemical made from cholesterol that controls growth and development of sex organs
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When glands in the body make and send out chemicals that control body functions
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A hormone made in the brain that tells the pituitary gland to release other hormones
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A chemical made by a small gland at the base of the brain that helps eggs grow and sperm form
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A hormone that makes a woman release an egg and helps make male sex hormones
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A natural chemical in plants that controls their growth and responses
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A hormone that makes the sex organs, like ovaries or testes, work and controls reproduction
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A hormone from a small gland at the base of the brain that makes the thyroid gland work
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A chemical made by a gland at the base of the brain that tells the thyroid to make hormones
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A body chemical made by small neck glands that controls calcium and phosphorus in the blood
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A small chemical made in the stomach and intestines that controls digestion and how food moves
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A hormone made in the hypothalamus that tells the pituitary gland to release thyroid-stimulating hormone
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A hormone made by a gland in the brain that tells the adrenal glands to make stress hormones
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A body chemical from the pituitary or placenta that makes sex organs work and helps reproduction
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A hormone like testosterone that makes boys and men develop male body features
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A hormone made in the brain that tells the kidneys to keep water and helps control blood pressure
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A chemical made by a gland in the brain that controls skin color by acting on cells that make pigment
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A hormone from the front part of the pituitary gland that tells the adrenal gland to make stress hormones
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A hormone that makes the breasts grow and starts milk production after childbirth
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A chemical made in the brain that tells another gland to release growth hormone
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A medical treatment that gives body chemicals to transgender people to cause body changes matching their gender identity
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A treatment that gives hormones like estrogen to women after menopause to reduce hot flashes and bone loss
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A chemical made in the brain that tells the pituitary gland to release specific hormones
A hormone from a small gland in the brain that makes females release eggs and males produce male hormones
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A hormone from the small gland at the base of the brain that tells the thyroid to work
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A substance made by a small gland at the base of the brain that makes people and animals grow
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hormone comes from the Greek root horme, which means 'impulse' or 'to set in motion'. So a hormone is like a small chemical 'push' carried in the blood that tells parts of the body to start, stop, or change what they do.