English Explanatory Dictionary

ectohormone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any hormone that is secreted into an individual's environment and affects the behaviour or activity of another individual (of the same or different species) in the manner of a pheromone.

Word forms

ectohormone ectohormones

Etymology

From ecto- + hormone.

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