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.
-tropic or -tropous [Greek tropos turn, direction, way] Exhibiting a tropism in response to the sort of stimulus indicated by the stem or prefix (homotropous). -tropium [Greek tropos turn, direction, way] An organism exhibiting a tropism in response to the stimulus indicated by the stem or prefix (Heliotropium ).