A substance, formed metabolically by one set of cells, which alters the function of other cells. (This term is sometimes used in place of the term hormone.)
Origin
[aut- + G. akos, relief, resource]
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A substance, formed metabolically by one set of cells, which alters the function of other cells. (This term is sometimes used in place of the term hormone.)
Origin
[aut- + G. akos, relief, resource]