Sentence examples for hormone from inspiring English sources
The word "hormone" is correct in written English
It is used in scientific and medical contexts to refer to chemical messengers in the body that regulate various physiological processes. Example: "The hormone insulin plays a crucial role in regulating blood sugar levels."
noun
Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
Japanese researchers have found that adherents to Shinrin-yoku – "forest bathing" – have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol than study subjects who walk the same distance in a lab.
In October of 2012 A-Rod asked Bosch to come to Detroit where he was playing in the American League Championship Series - the peptides and human growth hormone he delivered were little help - he had just one hit in nine at-bats as the Yankees were swept by the Tigers.
The hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas, is responsible for controlling the amount of glucose in the blood.
Odent writes that the use of synthetic drips of oxytocin means women will no longer be able to produce "the hormone of love" naturally.
Some experts worry that stressed babies produce more cortisol, a hormone that could harm the developing brain, but there is no evidence for that either.
The solution The cause is uncertain but front-runners include disturbances in melatonin (the hormone that controls our pattern of sleeping and waking) that upset the circadian rhythm and levels of the "feelgood" hormone serotonin when there are fewer hours of daylight.
The question is: will the long list of other exceptions that already include GM food and hormone-fed beef dilute the deal to make it less worthwhile?
They may be squirting their hormone-raised beefburgers with mayonnaise, but our ways with a bottle – it makes little difference whether it's Buckie-guzzling in the bus stop, or the drip-drip-drip of Costières de Nîmes at the reclaimed rectory table – mean that we're as cancer-prone as the Americans, and thus we've really got to watch it.
But nobody can guarantee that Europe is truly serious, and will swallow such American exports as hormone-treated beef.
The right way to deal with people's desire to eat turtle-friendly shrimp, hormone-free beef or whatever is not to impose one country's values on another: it is to label the products appropriately.
Pain does not just cause anguish: the stress-hormone cortisol it releases can damage the body.
