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Hormone
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Hormonedocumentation In Animals, a chemical secreted by an endocrine gland whose products are released into the circulating fluid. Plant hormones or synthetic hormones which are used only to alter or control various physiologic processes, e.g., reproductive control agents, are assigned to the Class PharmacologicSubstance. Hormones act as chemical messengers and regulate various physiologic processes such as growth, reproduction, metabolism, etc. They usually fall into two broad categories, viz. steroid hormones and peptide hormones2001-11-30 13:34:26.0
is a kind of BodySubstance2001-11-30 13:34:26.0
Substancehas axiom
(=>
(and
(subclass ?OBJECTTYPE Substance)
(instance ?OBJECT ?OBJECTTYPE)
(part ?PART ?OBJECT))
(instance ?PART ?OBJECTTYPE))
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has axiom
(=>
(instance ?OBJ CorpuscularObject)
(exists (?SUBSTANCETYPE1 ?SUBSTANCETYPE2 ?SUBSTANCE1 ?SUBSTANCE2)
(and
(subclass ?SUBSTANCETYPE1 Substance)
(subclass ?SUBSTANCETYPE2 Substance)
(instance ?SUBSTANCE1 ?SUBSTANCETYPE1)
(instance ?SUBSTANCE2 ?SUBSTANCETYPE2)
(material ?SUBSTANCE1 ?OBJ)
(material ?SUBSTANCE2 ?OBJ)
(not (equal ?SUBSTANCE1 ?SUBSTANCE2)))))
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is first domain of material2001-11-30 13:35:21.0
is first domain of piece2001-11-30 13:35:21.0
is second domain of piece2001-11-30 13:35:21.0
Objectis disjoint from Process2001-11-30 13:34:50.0
is third domain of between2001-11-30 13:34:51.0
is third domain of capability2001-11-30 13:34:51.0
is third domain of connects2001-11-30 13:34:51.0