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# hormone

«hormone» in Mova's school dictionary: **a chemical messenger made in the body that travels in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hormone, hormones)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hormone is a chemical messenger made in the body that travels in the blood and tells parts of the body what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#m1)

2) Plants also have hormones that control how they grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons hormones control growing, puberty, sleep, hunger and how we react to fear — adrenaline is the hormone that makes your heart race when scared. Insulin controls sugar in the blood. In growing-up lessons, puberty is caused by hormones, which can also change moods. In plants, hormones make roots grow down and shoots grow towards light. Phrases: «growth hormone», «stress hormone», «hormone changes».

### examples

- Hormones travel around the body in the blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x1)
- Adrenaline is a hormone that gets you ready to run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x2)
- Growth hormone helps children grow taller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x3)
- Puberty starts when the body makes new hormones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x4)
- Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x5)
- Hormones can make your moods change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x6)
- Plant hormones make shoots grow towards light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x7)
- Melatonin is a hormone that helps you sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/#x8)

### note

Countable: hormones. Adjective: hormonal. Stress: HOR-mone. Hormones are not germs or medicine; the body makes them itself, though some medicines replace missing hormones.

### In the corpora

- [Bright screens and exciting games keep the brain alert and can delay melatonin, the sleepy hormone that rises when it gets dark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people/13/)
- [Dreading something can make the body release the stress hormone cortisol beforehand, and a sore tummy is a common sign of that worry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline/16/)
- [While you sleep the body releases growth hormone and repairs itself, and the brain sorts and stores what you learned during the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/1/)
- [During sleep the body releases growth hormone and repairs itself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hormone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hormone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.