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ACTH

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ACTH  (st-ch)
n.
A hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates the secretion of cortisone and other hormones by the adrenal cortex. Also called adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin.
[a(dreno)c(ortico)t(ropic) h(ormone).]
ACTH
Abbreviation of adrenocorticotropic hormone
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Noun1.ACTHACTH - a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin
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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