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a chemical text message your glands send, and your whole body obeys without reading twice.
means A chemical messenger made by glands and tissues that travels through the bloodstream to regulate processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and reproduction.
from From the Greek 'hormon,' the present participle of 'horman,' meaning 'to set in motion, urge on' — itself from 'hormē,' an impulse or onslaught. The word was adopted into scientific English in the early 20th century to name these chemical signals that, true to the root, spur the body into action.
tiny doseEffective at billionths of a gram per liter.
slow mailTravels via bloodstream, not nerves like lightning.
plant versionPlants use hormones to ripen fruit and bend toward light.
named 1905Coined from Greek for to set in motion.
love chemicalOxytocin spikes during birth, sex, and petting dogs.