Corticotropin

2 definitions found

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]:

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