hormone
A substance that mediates interactions between non-contiguous cells; classically, a substance produced in minute amounts by an organ (an endocrine organ) in one part of the body and transported by the blood to a distant target organ, which it stimulates; less rigorously applied to substances that share some part of the classical description.
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