adrenocorticotropic hormone
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adrenocorticotropic hormone
also adrenocorticotrophic hormonen.
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. | ![]() 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 |