different between hormone vs ghrelin

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

Etymology

From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) +? -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /????l?n/
• Rhymes: -?l?n
• Hyphenation: ghre?lin

Noun

ghrelin (usually uncountable, plural ghrelins)

1. (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. [from 1999]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• leptin
• obestatin

References

Further reading

• ghrelin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• herling