ormone

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ormone (Wikipedia approfondimento) m sing (pl.: ormoni)

  1. (biologia) (biochimica) sostanza prodotta da ghiandole endocrine o tessuti allo scopo di controllare il metabolismo e l'attività di tessuti ed organi dell'organismo
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IPA: /orˈmone/

dall'inglese hormone (1905), a sua volta derivante dal greco antico όρμάω cioè "mettere in movimento", diventato poi ὁρμῶ (hormo) cioè "che mette in movimento", con allusione al fatto che gli ormoni stimolano l'organismo nei processi endocrini

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