Biologically Active Substance
pheromone Audio
pher·o·mone [ fer-uh-mohn ]
Subclass of:
Biological Factors
Definitions related to pheromone:
  • Substance secreted to the outside of the body by an individual and perceived (as by smell) by a second individual of the same species, prompting a specific behavioral reaction in the perceiver.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Chemical substances, excreted by an organism into the environment, that elicit behavioral or physiological responses from other organisms of the same species. Perception of these chemical signals may be olfactory or by contact.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Pheromone, any endogenous chemical secreted in minute amounts by an organism in order to elicit a particular reaction from another organism of the same species. Pheromones are widespread among insects and vertebrates; they are also found in crustaceans but are unknown among birds. The chemicals may...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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