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Hormone

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(n.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hormone'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hormone.html. 1828.
 
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