Chalone
an endocrine secretion that depresses or inhibits physiological activity.
noun
any internal secretion that inhibits a physiological process or function
chalone cha·lone (kā’lōn’, kāl’ōn’)
n.
A hormone that inhibits rather than stimulates.
Any of several polypeptides produced by a tissue and causing the reversible inhibition of mitosis in cells of that tissue.
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