ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenocorticotropic hormone mean? 

• ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (noun)
  The noun ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

  Familiarity information: ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ACTH; adrenocorticotrophic hormone; adrenocorticotrophin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; adrenocorticotropin; corticotrophin; corticotropin

Hypernyms ("adrenocorticotropic hormone" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes vasopressin V1b receptor protein, plays a role in adrenocorticotropic hormone regulation.

(AVPR1B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

In Cushing disease, this happens when an adenoma (benign tumor) in the pituitary gland makes too much adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

(Cushing disease, NCI Dictionary)

A synthetically-derived subunit of the endogenous peptide pituitary hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

(Cosyntropin, NCI Thesaurus)

A hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus and regulates the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

(Corticotropin Releasing Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

Cushing's syndrome due to abnormally high secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland.

(Cushing disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called ACTH and adrenocorticotropic hormone.

(Corticotropin, NCI Dictionary)

Removal of the negative feedback mechanism exerted by cortisol results in increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion by the pituitary gland.

(Metyrapone, NCI Thesaurus)

Tumors that make adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) cause the adrenal gland to make too much cortisol.

(Cushing syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

A process that involves the binding of any member of the group of pituitary hormones, including growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and prolactin, to their respective receptors.

(Pituitary Hormone Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, irregularly stellate, acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis, having small, sparsely distributed secretory granules and secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone and b-endorphin, which are cleaved from a large prohormone called pro-opiomelanocortin.

(Corticotroph Cell, NCI Thesaurus)