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Featured Article: Epinephrine

Epinephrine, ehp uh NEHF rihn, is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands. See more »

ACTH

ACTH is an abbreviation of the chemical substance adrenocorticotropic hormone.

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Endorphin

Endorphin, ehn DAWR fihn, is any of a group of substances in the nervous system of human beings and animals.

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Epinephrine

Epinephrine, ehp uh NEHF rihn, is a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands.

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Estrogen

Estrogen, EHS truh juhn, is any of a group of chemically similar hormones that cause the growth and development of female sexual characteristics in human beings and other animals.

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Hormone

Hormone, HAWR mohn, is any of a number of chemical substances produced within an animal or a plant.

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Insulin

Insulin is a hormone that regulates the body's use of sugars and other nutrients.

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Progesterone

Progesterone, proh JEHS tuh rohn, is a hormone produced mainly by the ovaries and the placenta in female animals during the period when they are able to bear young.

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Prostaglandin

Prostaglandin, pros tuh GLAN duhn, is the name of a group of important chemical compounds.

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Testosterone

Testosterone, tehs TAHS tuh rohn, is a hormone that stimulates sexual development in male human beings.

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