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ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
Synonyms:
adrenocorticotrophic; adrenocorticotropic
Classified under:
Similar:
stimulative (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
Context examples:
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 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)
A synthetically-derived subunit of the endogenous peptide pituitary hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).
(Cosyntropin, 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)
Cushing's syndrome due to abnormally high secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland.
(Cushing disease, NCI Thesaurus)
More adrenocorticotropic hormone is made during times of stress.
(Adrenocorticotropic hormone, NCI Dictionary)
