A steroid or insulin for instance (7)

I believe the answer is:

hormone

(Other definitions for hormone that I've seen before include "Growth secretion" , "Secretion transported in the blood" , "something stimulating" , "Secretion from endocrine gland" , "Possibly a growing factor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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