- 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. 2001.
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