/ 5hR:mEUn; `hRrmon/ n (a) substance produced within the body of an animal and carried by the blood to an organ which it stimulates to assist growth, etc; similar substance produced by a plant and transported in the sap 激素; 荷尔蒙: [attrib 作定语] hormone deficiency, imbalance 激素缺乏﹑ 失调. (b) synthetic substance that has a similar effect 合成激素.
> hormonal / hR:5mEUnl; hRr`monl/ adj of a hormone or hormones 激素的; 荷尔蒙的.