adrenocorticotropic hormone

adrenocorticotropic hormone

also adrenocorticotrophic hormone

n.

ACTH.

ACTH

a hormone of the anterior pituitary that stimulates the production of steroids in the cortex of the adrenal glands.

Also called adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin.

[1940–45; a(dreno)c(ortico)t(ropic)h(ormone)]

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Noun

1.

adrenocorticotropic hormone - a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, 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