parahormone /para·hor·mone/ (-hor´mōn) a substance, not a true hormone, which has a hormone-like action in controlling the functioning of some distant organ.
parahormone
par·a·hor·mone (p r  -hôr m n)n. A substance that is produced from ordinary metabolism and acts like a hormone in influencing the activity of a distant organ. |
parahormone
[-hôr′mōn]
a substance produced through normal metabolism that may exert an influence on a remote organ even though it is not a true hormone. Carbon dioxide is a parahormone because of its effects on respiration.
parahormone
a substance, not a true hormone, that has a hormone-like action in controlling the functioning of some distant organ.
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