CORTICOTROPHIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corticotrophin mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTICOTROPHIN (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 ("corticotrophin" 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 

A finding based on laboratory test results that indicate an decrease in levels of corticotrophin in a blood specimen.

(Blood Corticotrophin Decreased, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A laboratory test result which indicates decreased levels of corticotrophin in the blood.

(Blood Corticotrophin Decreased, NCI Thesaurus)