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hormone

chemical released by a cell or a gland in one part of the body that sends out messages that affect cells in other parts of the organism
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hormone

Summary

hormone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,586 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hormone is a type of chemical mediator[2].
  • hormone is a type of hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists[3].
  • hormone is a type of medication[4].
  • hormone is a type of biological macromolecule[5].
  • hormone is a type of hormone[6].
  • hormone's Commons category is recorded as Hormones[7].
  • hormone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1902[8].
  • hormone's found in taxon is recorded as Animalia[9].
  • hormone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hormones[10].
  • hormone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Animal hormones[11].
  • hormone's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • hormone's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • hormone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Hormones[14].
  • hormone's different from is recorded as hormone[15].
  • hormone's studied by is recorded as endocrinology[16].
  • hormone's significant person is recorded as William Bayliss[17].
  • hormone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[18].
  • hormone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include chemical mediator[2], hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists[3], medication[4], biological macromolecule[5], and hormone[6].

Influence

Things named for hormone include pheromone[20], a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[21] and horumonyaki[22].

Why It Matters

hormone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,586 views/month).[1] hormone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] hormone is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for hormone include pheromone[20], a class of chemical entities with similar applications or functions[21] and horumonyaki[22].

Related Entities

endocrinology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . amazon.com. amazon.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Hormones
    Found in taxon → Animalia
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Different from → hormone
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2589, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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