prehormone
English
noun
Definitions
- (biochemistry) A substance secreted by glandular tissue that has little or no significant biological activity, but is converted in peripheral tissues into an active hormone.
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
- ectohormone 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
- 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