ectohormone
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) Any hormone that is secreted into an individual's environment and affects the behaviour or activity of another individual (of the same or different species) in the manner of a pheromone.
Etymology
Prefix from English hormone.
Origin
English
hormone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adipohormone English
- allohormone English
- antihormone English
- enterohormone English
- glycohormone English
- hormonal English
- hormone English
- hormonelike English
- hormonogenesis English
- hormonology English
- multihormone English
- necrohormone English
- neurohormone English
- nonhormone English
- parahormone English
- phytohormone English
- prehormone English
- prohormone English
- proteohormone English
- xenohormone English
- hormon Hungarian
- hormona Spanish, Castilian
- ὁρμή Ancient Greek
- ὁρμῶν Ancient Greek
- hormona Portuguese
- ฮอร์โมน Thai
- 荷爾蒙 Chinese