parahormone

副激素, 类激素

词形变化

parahormones 复数 parahormones

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A substance that is a product of ordinary metabolism and not produced for a specific purpose, but acts like a hormone in modifying the activity of some distant organ, as in the case of carbon dioxide acting on the respiratory centre.

词源

From para- + hormone.

来源：wiktionary