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Hormone (health) and substitutive (iou)


Hormone (health)


A chemical substance formed in the body that is carried in the bloodstream to affect another part of the body; an example is thyroid hormone, produced by the thyroid gland in the neck, which affects growth, temperature regulation, metabolic rate, and Other body functions.





substitutive (iou)



substitutive adjective. E17.
[Partly from Latin substitutivus, formed as SUBSTITUTE verb, partly directly from SUBSTITUTE verb: see -IVE.]
Belonging to, characteristic of, or involving the appointment of a substitute or deputy. E-M17.
Taking the place of something else. M17.
Logic. = CONDITIONAL adjective 2. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Theology. Involving a theory of sacrificial substitution. M19.
Law. Dependent on a legal substitution or designation of heirs in remainder. M19.
substitutively adverb (rare) vicariously L19.
substitu'tivity noun (Logic) the capacity of terms to function as logically equivalent substitutes for one another M20.