Adrenocorticotropin

3 definitions found

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

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


          corticotrophin, ACTH
          [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]:

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