hor·mone /ˈhɔrˌmon/
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  hor·mone /ˈhɔrˌmon/ 名詞
  Hor·mone n.
  1. Physiological Chem. A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body..
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  hormone
       n : the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by
           the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
           [syn: endocrine, internal secretion]