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# hormone

noun (a hormone, hormones)

«hormone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hormone is a chemical messenger made in the body that travels in the blood and tells parts of the body what to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#m1)
2. Plants also have hormones that control how they grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons hormones control growing, puberty, sleep, hunger and how we react to fear — adrenaline is the hormone that makes your heart race when scared. Insulin controls sugar in the blood. In growing-up lessons, puberty is caused by hormones, which can also change moods. In plants, hormones make roots grow down and shoots grow towards light. Phrases: «growth hormone», «stress hormone», «hormone changes».

### Examples

- Hormones travel around the body in the blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x1)
- Adrenaline is a hormone that gets you ready to run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x2)
- Growth hormone helps children grow taller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x3)
- Puberty starts when the body makes new hormones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x4)
- Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x5)
- Hormones can make your moods change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x6)
- Plant hormones make shoots grow towards light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x7)
- Melatonin is a hormone that helps you sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x8)

### Note

Countable: hormones. Adjective: hormonal. Stress: HOR-mone. Hormones are not germs or medicine; the body makes them itself, though some medicines replace missing hormones.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hormone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hormone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hormone.html) on Mova free.