Hypernyms (thermometer is a kind of...): measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something) Meronyms (parts of thermometer):
Noun. 1. hormone-the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect. endocrine, internal secretion. secretion-a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell.
Four of them are considered tropic hormones and two are not tropic. Tropic means they affect other endocrine glands. (The model of ALL tropic hormones is a NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP.) 1 & 2) The two that are not tropic are Growth Hormone (affects bone/muscles) and Prolactin (affects mammary glands).