The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MELATONIN
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More clues leading to the result MELATONIN
- Fruit containing date’s pith, covered with colour regulator?
- What could produce ailment? No hormone
- Hormone replacement treatment of ailment’s working internally
- Hormone present in rampant Latino men?
- No ailment could be produced by this hormone
- Hormone in male not developed
- Hormone that can make Latino men excited
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What does MELATONIN mean?
MELATONIN noun- A hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep/wake and reproductive cycles in mammals
- Any material similar in its chemistry and effect to the natural hormone.