different between hormone vs deoxycorticosterone

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

• 11-deoxycorticosterone
• desoxycorticosterone (American)
• desoxycortone, deoxycortone (as a drug)

Etymology

From deoxy- +? corticosterone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /di???k.s??k??.t?k.???st?.???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di??k.s??k??.t??k?.st???o?n/

Noun

deoxycorticosterone (countable and uncountable, plural deoxycorticosterones) (abbreviated DOC)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.

References

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