Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juvenile hormone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ve-nile hor-mone
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing metamorphosis during moults.

Inflected Forms

juvenile hormones (plural) JH (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

juvenoid juvenomimetic

Questions

What does juvenile hormone mean?: Any of a group of sesquiterpene hormones that regulate insect physiology by preventing metamorphosis during moults.

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