English Explanatory Dictionary

juvenile hormone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing metamorphosis during moults.

Word forms

juvenile hormone juvenile hormones JH

Related words

juvenoid juvenomimetic
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