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ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN

English dictionary: Word overview

ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN (noun)
  The noun ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN (noun)


Sense 1adrenocorticotrophin [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 ("adrenocorticotrophin" 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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