different between dopamine vs hormone

English

Etymology

From dopa +? -amine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??.p?.mi?n/

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do?.p??min/

Noun

dopamine (countable and uncountable, plural dopamines)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

Synonyms

• DA

Hypernyms

• catecholamine
• phenethylamine

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• norepinephrine

References

• “dopamine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “dopamine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.pa.min/

Noun

dopamine f (uncountable)

1. dopamine

References

• dopamine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

dopamine f

1. plural of dopamina

Anagrams

• pendiamo

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (horm?, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”), whence ????? (hormá?), ???? (hormô, “to set in motion, to urge on, to cheer on, to make a start, to hasten on”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??m??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h???mo?n/

Noun

hormone (plural hormones)

1. (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
2. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
3. Any similar substance in plants.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:hormone

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hormone (third-person singular simple present hormones, present participle hormoning, simple past and past participle hormoned)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.

Anagrams

• moorhen

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /??.m?n/

Noun

hormone f (plural hormones)

1. hormone

Derived terms

• hormonal

Further reading

• “hormone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

hormone (plural hormones)

1. Alternative form of hormon.