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ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE

Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenocorticotrophic hormone mean?

• ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (noun)
The noun ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

Familiarity information: ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

adrenocorticotrophic hormone ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ACTH; adrenocorticotrophic hormone; adrenocorticotrophin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotropin; corticotrophin; corticotropin

Hypernyms ("adrenocorticotrophic hormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

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