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• Chalone —   [ç ; zu griechisch chalãn »nachlassen«, »entfernen«] Plural, gewebespezifische, nicht toxische, proteinartige Substanzen, die als »endogene Mitosehemmer« die unbegrenzte Teilung der Zellen und damit unkontrolliertes Wachstum des Gewebes… …   Universal-Lexikon

• chalone — [kal′ōn΄] n. [Gr chalōn, prp. of chalan, to slacken] a substance produced within a body tissue to inhibit cell division in the tissue …   English World dictionary

• chalone — noun Etymology: Greek chalōn, present participle of chalan to slacken Date: 1914 a substance (as a glycoprotein) that inhibits mitosis only in the specific tissue that secretes it compare hormone …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• chalone — n. [Gr. chalinos, to curb] Any internal secretion with inhibitory actions; see hormone …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• chalone — Cell released tissue specific inhibitor of cell proliferation thought to be responsible for regulating the size of a population of cells. Contentious …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• chalone — /kal ohn/, n. Physiol. an endocrine secretion that depresses or inhibits physiological activity. [1910 15; < Gk chalôn, prp. of chalân to slacken, loosen; on the model of HORMONE] * * * …   Universalium

• chalone — noun Any of several polypeptide hormones that reversibly inhibits mitosis in the tissues that produce them …   Wiktionary

• chalone — Originally, a hormone ( e.g., enterogastrone) that inhibits rather than stimulates; now, any one of a number of mitotic inhibitors (often glycoproteins) elaborated by a tissue and active only on that type of tissue, regardless of species; thus, a …   Medical dictionary

• chalone — n. internal secretion which slows the activity of an organ …   English contemporary dictionary

• chalone — chal·one …   English syllables