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Noun: ACTH
  1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
    - adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin

Type of: endocrine, hormone, internal secretion

Encyclopedia: ACTH

Nearest

act on
act out
act reflexively
act superior
act up
act upon
actable
Actaea
Actaea alba
Actaea rubra
ACTH
Actias
Actias luna
Actifed
actin
actinal
Actinaria
acting
acting out
Actinia
actinia