[ adj ] of or relating to or caused by hormones <adj.pert> hormonal changes
Hormonal \Hor*mon"al\ (h[^o]r*m[=o]n"al), a. of, pertaining to, or affected by, hormones. [PJC]
"The historical norms are shot," said one admissions director, speculating that perhaps "there's a hormonal surge going through the high schools."
Such additional treatment _ chemotherapy or hormonal therapy or both _ has been the institution's formal recommendation for the past two years in cases involving more advanced breast cancer.
The government is expected to give American women their first new birth control option in three decades when it approves a hormonal implant that prevents pregnancy for up to five years, officials said Thursday.
Many smokers start puffing in their early teens, a time of major hormonal changes.
Researchers believe bone loss in women is related to the decrease in estrogen levels associated with menopause but no one has studied whether hormonal levels also affect bone loss in men, he said.
There's a hormonal link between light and wintertime blues that include a seasonal loss of sexual desire, says Professor Russel J. Reiter of the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Defense witnesses said an exceptionally bad case of post-partum depression, a hormonal ailment known as the "baby blues," was to blame.
"In primate testing, rechLH initiated ovulation, it helped stimulate normal hormonal production through the entire menstrual cycle, the eggs were fertile and the monkeys produced embryos," Simon said.