ACTH

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ACTH \ACTH\ n.
     1. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland;
        stimulates the adrenal cortex.
  
     Syn: adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic
          hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin,


          corticotropin, corticotrophin
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  corticotrophin \corticotrophin\, corticotropin \corticotropin\n.
     a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it
     stimulates the adrenal cortex; -- called also
     {adrenocorticotropin} and abbreviated {ACTH}.
  
     Syn: adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic
          hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropin,
          corticotrophin, ACTH.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ACTH
       n : a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that
           stimulates the adrenal cortex [syn: {adrenocorticotropic
           hormone}, {adrenocorticotrophic hormone}, {adrenocorticotropin},
            {adrenocorticotrophin}, {corticotropin}, {corticotrophin}]