chalones
Meaning of chalones
plural noun
a substance secreted like a hormone but having the effect of inhibiting a physiological process.
early 20th century: from Greek khalōn ‘slackening’, present participle of khalaein, on the pattern of hormone .
Information about chalones
- It is a name.
- The singular form of chalones is: chalone.
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Hyphenation of chalones
chalones
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- chalones is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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