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How to pronounce “hormone”
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Pronunciation guide for hormone
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hormone with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us 8 minutes, 19 seconds
I just gave you a shot of cortisol, your fight-flight hormone.
- Definition summary
- (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hormone
Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us 8 minutes, 19 seconds

I just gave you a shot of cortisol, your fight-flight hormone.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hormone”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- (botany) Any similar substance in plants.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, colloquial) To treat with hormones.
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