hormone
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 →
2) Plants also have hormones that control how they grow. tree →
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 →
- Adrenaline is a hormone that gets you ready to run. tree →
- Growth hormone helps children grow taller. tree →
- Puberty starts when the body makes new hormones. tree →
- Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. tree →
- Hormones can make your moods change. tree →
- Plant hormones make shoots grow towards light. tree →
- Melatonin is a hormone that helps you sleep. tree →
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.
- Dreading something can make the body release the stress hormone cortisol beforehand, and a sore tummy is a common sign of that worry.
- While you sleep the body releases growth hormone and repairs itself, and the brain sorts and stores what you learned during the day.
- During sleep the body releases growth hormone and repairs itself.
Trees and pragmatics
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