ACTH

Meaning of ACTH in English

hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates steroid production by the cortex of the adrenal glands (Physiology)

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ACTH — noun Etymology: adrenocorticotropic hormone Date: 1944 a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACTH — in full adrenocorticotropic hormone Polypeptide hormone made in the pituitary gland . It regulates the activity of part of the …
Английский словарь Британика
ACTH — abbreviation adrenocorticotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACTH — 1. Biochem. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the cortex of adrenal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACTH — noun Etymology: a dreno c ortico t ropic h ormone Date: 1944 : a protein hormone of the anterior lobe …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACTH — ■ abbreviation Biochemistry adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ACTH — [ACTH] n [adrenocorticotropic hormone] (1944): a protein hormone of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACTH — ACTH BrE AmE ˌeɪ siː tiː ˈeɪtʃ ækθ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ACTH — abbr. adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ACTH — abbr. adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ACTH — abbr. adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Oxford English vocab
ACTH — in full adrenocorticotropic hormone Polypeptide hormone made in the pituitary gland . It regulates the activity of part of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ACTH — = ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE
English Dictionary of Medicine
ACTH — адренокортикотропин
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ACTH — адренокортикотропин
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ACTH — адренокортикотропин
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ACTH — адренокортикотропин
Англо-Русский словарь
ACTH — Pronunciation: ˌ ā -( ˌ )s ē -( ˌ )t ē - ' ā ch Function: noun Etymology: a dreno …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CUSHING'S DISEASE — noun Etymology: Harvey Cushing Date: circa 1935 Cushing's syndrome especially when caused by excessive production of ACTH by the pituitary …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CORTISOL — noun Etymology: cortisone + 1-ol Date: 1951 a glucocorticoid C 21 H 30 O 5 produced by the adrenal cortex …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CORTICOTROPIN — also corticotrophin noun Date: 1946 ACTH
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN — also adrenocorticotrophin noun Date: 1952 ACTH
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — noun Date: 1937 ACTH
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HORMONE
Английский словарь Британика
ADRENAL GLAND — or suprarenal gland Either of two small, triangular endocrine gland s over the kidneys. In humans, each gland weighs about …
Английский словарь Британика
CORTICOTROPIN — noun also cor·ti·co·tro·phin -fən Date: 1946 : ACTH ; also : a preparation of ACTH that is used especially in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CORTICOTROPIN — [cor.ti.co.tro.pin] also cor.ti.co.tro.phin n (1946): acth; also: a preparation of ACTH that is used esp. in the treatment of rheumatoid …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MYXEDEMA — physiological reaction to lack of sufficient thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) in the adult. It can be brought about by removal of …
Britannica English vocabulary
CORTISOL — also called hydrocortisone an organic compound belonging to the steroid family, the principal hormone secreted by the adrenal glands. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — ( (ACTH), ) also called Corticotropin, a polypeptide hormone formed in the pituitary gland that regulates the activity of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUSHING'S SYNDROME — metabolic disorder caused by overactivity of the adrenal cortex, usually secondary to other disease processes. If caused by a tumour …
Britannica English vocabulary
HYPERADRENOCORTICISM — Excess hormone called "cortisol". Often called Cushings syndrome, it is an extremely complex condition that involves many areas of the …
English Dictionary of Medicine

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