AUTACOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autacoid mean? 

• AUTACOID (noun)
  The noun AUTACOID has 1 sense:

1. any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification

  Familiarity information: AUTACOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTACOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

autacoid; autocoid

Hypernyms ("autacoid" is a kind of...):

secretion (a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autacoid"):

prostaglandin (a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity)

Derivation:

autacoidal (of or relating to an autacoid)