hormonicadj.
/hɔːˈmɒnɪk//hɔːˈməʊnɪk/ Physiology.
= hormonal adj.
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hormonic1914
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1914 E. A. Schäfer Introd. Study Endocrine Glands i. 11 Effects are either in the direction of excitation, in which case the endocrine substances producing them..would come under the expression ‘hormones’, or in the direction of restraint and inhibition, in which case they may be termed restraining or inhibiting autacoids and be classed as ‘chalones’. And the action of an autacoid may be described as hormonic or chalonic, according to the kind of effect it produces.
1928 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Feb. 255/1 The functional (hormonic) over-activity of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
1933 T. C. Merrill tr. Voronoff & Alexandrescu Testicular Grafting 2 Animals which are too young and employed before the establishment of puberty and the production of free hormonic secretion, are unsuitable.
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