adrenocorticotropinn.
/əˌdriːnə(ʊ)ˌkɔːtᵻkə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪn/, U.S. /əˌdrinoʊˌkɔrdəkoʊˈtroʊpən/, /əˌdrinoʊˌkɔrdəkoʊˈtrɑpən/; see also adreno- comb. form. Physiology.
= adrenocorticotropic hormone n. at adrenocorticotropic adj. Compounds.
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1945 E. C. Hamblen Endocrinol. Woman iii. 23 Pituitary adrenocorticotropin elicits the secretion of the cortical cells.
1947 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Aug. 357/1 Pituitary adrenocorticotropin and certain adrenal steroids all exert an anti-insulin action in experimental animals.
1959 New Biol. 28 131 Some tumours of the pituitary gland secrete abnormally large amounts of a hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, known as ACTH for short, which is required for the normal maintenance and function of the adrenal cortex.
2003 J. Ingram Velocity of Honey (2006) 77 Subjects who had been warned that they would be wakened at 6:00 a.m. experienced a dramatic rise in the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin starting an hour before waking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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