CORTICOTROPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corticotropin mean? 

• CORTICOTROPIN (noun)
  The noun CORTICOTROPIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CORTICOTROPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTICOTROPIN (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 ("corticotropin" 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 protein is involved in the cellular binding and signaling of the hormone corticotropin.

(Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the corticotropin releasing hormone in a biological specimen.

(Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A group of corticosteroids that affect carbohydrate metabolism (gluconeogenesis, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of blood sugar), inhibit corticotropin secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity.

(Glucocorticoid, NCI Thesaurus)

A corticotropin secreting adenoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Corticotropin Secreting Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary corticotropin secreting adenoma or prolactin secreting adenoma that has developed in an ovarian dermoid cyst.

(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst with Secondary Pituitary-Type Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of corticotropin releasing hormone present in a sample.

(Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

More corticotropin is made during times of stress.

(Corticotropin, NCI Dictionary)

An adenoma of the pituitary gland that produces corticotropin.

(ACTH-Producing Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenoma or carcinoma of the pituitary gland that produces corticotropin.

(ACTH-Producing Pituitary Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, hormonally functioning or non-functioning pituitary gland adenocarcinoma that produces corticotropin.

(ACTH-Producing Pituitary Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)