CORTICOTROPIN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
   Synonym(s)
   • ACTH (what does ACTH mean?)
   • adrenocorticotrophic hormone (what does adrenocorticotrophic hormone mean?)
   • adrenocorticotrophin (what does adrenocorticotrophin mean?)
   • adrenocorticotropic hormone (what does adrenocorticotropic hormone mean?)
   • adrenocorticotropin (what does adrenocorticotropin mean?)
   • corticotrophin (what does corticotrophin mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) corticotropin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)