different between hormone vs abscissin

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.

English

Alternative forms

• abscisin

Etymology

abscission +? -in

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?.s?n/, /æb?s?s.?n/

Noun

abscissin (usually uncountable, plural abscissins)

1. (biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.

Usage notes

• In recent years this term has been replaced by abscisic acid

Translations

Anagrams

• abscisins