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.
Posted on. (Answer #1). A tropic hormone is a hormone that stimulates an endocrine gland to grow and secrete it's hormones.(One hormone causes another hormone to do something) In humans, tropic hormones are secreted by the adenohypophysis(anterior pituitary gland).