| 单词 |
parahormone |
| 释义 |
parahormone Physiol.|pærəˈhɔːməʊn|
Also † parhormone.
[a. F. parhormone (E. Gley 1911, in Rev. Scientifique 11 Mar. 262): see para-1 and hormone.]
A product of metabolism which has a secondary hormonal role.
1918M. Fishberg tr. E. Gley's Internal Secretions 154 At most we might apply the term parhormones to the excretory products which play only an accessory rôle as excitants, reserving the name of hormones for the specific glandular products. 1922R. G. Hoskins in L. F. Barker et al. Endocrinol. & Metabolism I. i. 8 For nonspecific regulatory substances such as carbon dioxid, Gley has proposed the designation ‘parhormones’. 1935Biol. Rev. X. 440 Water..could presumably be classified as a parahormone for renal function. 1948C. D. Turner Gen. Endocrinol. ii. 65 The synthesis, storage and release of sugar by the liver is not a true endocrine activity, since glucose is not a specific product of this organ. Sugar and such materials are important metabolites and may be designated as parahormones. |
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