ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC

Meaning of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC in English

/euh dree"noh kawr'ti koh trop"ik, -troh"pik/ , adj.

stimulating the adrenal cortex.

Also, adrenocorticotrophic /euh dree"noh kawr'ti koh trof"ik, -troh"fik/ .

[ 1935-40; ADRENO- + CORTICO- + -TROPIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC — also adrenocorticotrophic adjective Date: 1936 acting on or stimulating the adrenal cortex
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC — əˈdrē(ˌ)nō|kȯrd.əkō|träpik, -e(ˌ)n- adjective or adre·no·cor·ti·co·troph·ic -räfik, -ōf- Etymology: adren- + cortico- + -trophic or -tropic : acting on or stimulating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC — adjective also ad·re·no·cor·ti·co·tro·phic -ˈtrō-fik Date: 1936 : acting on or stimulating the adrenal cortex adrenocorticotropic activity
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC — [ad.re.no.cor.ti.co.tro.pic] also ad.re.no.cor.ti.co.tro.phic adj (1936): acting on or stimulating the adrenal cortex "~ activity"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC — adj. Pronunciation: ə - ' dr ē -n ō - ˌ ko ̇ r-ti-k ō - ' tr ō -pik …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — noun Date: 1937 ACTH
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — noun : a protein produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that has a stimulatory effect on the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE. — See ACTH . Also called adrenocorticotropin /euh dree'noh kawr'ti koh troh"pin/ . [ 1935-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — ACTH, hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates steroid production by the cortex of the adrenal glands (Physiology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — Date: 1937 : ACTH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE — [adrenocorticotropic hormone] n (1937): acth
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC — adjective see: adrenocorticotropic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC — adjective see adrenocorticotropic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN — -ˈtrōpə̇n, -äp- noun also ad·re·no·cor·ti·co·tro·phin -ˈtrōfə̇n, -äf- Etymology: adrenocorticotrop ic or adrenocorticotroph ic + -in : adrenocorticotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORTICOTROPHIN — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷fə̇n noun or cor·ti·co·trop·in -trōpə̇n ( -s ) Etymology: cortico- + -trophin, -tropin (from -trophic, -tropic + -in ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CORTICOADRENALOTROPIC — |kȯrd.əˌkōə|drēn ə lō|träpik adjective or cor·ti·co·ad·re·no·trop·ic -rēnō|t, -ren- Etymology: corticoadrenal or corticoadren al + -o- + -tropic : adrenocorticotropic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRENOTROPHIC — ə|drēnō|träfik, -en-, -ōfik adjective or adre·no·trop·ic -äpik Etymology: adren- + -trophic or -tropic : adrenocorticotropic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRENAL CORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE — noun : adrenocorticotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC — see adrenocorticotropic
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE — (also adrenocorticotropic hormone ) ■ noun a hormone that stimulates the adrenal cortex, secreted by the pituitary gland.
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
PITUITARY GLAND — also called hypophysis one of the endocrine (ductless) glands that secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream. The term hypophysis …
Britannica English vocabulary
HYPOTHALAMIC POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE — hypothalamus region of the brain lying below the thalamus and making up the floor of the third cerebral ventricle. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
GINSENG — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Jen Sheng, or (Pinyin) Ren Sheng (root of heaven), either of two herbs of the family Araliaceae, Panax …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLUID
Britannica English vocabulary
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, HUMAN
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

← ADRENOCORTICOSTEROID ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE.→