Medical Definition of Corticotropic hormone

1. The hormone of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis which governs the nutrition and growth of the adrenal cortex, stimulates it to functional activity, and also possesses extraadrenal adipokinetic activity; it is a polypeptide containing 39 amino acids, but exact structure varies from one species to another; sometimes prefixed by a to distinguish it from beta-corticotropin. The first thirteen amino acids at the N-terminal region are identical to alpha-melanotropin. Synonym: adrenocorticotropin, adrenotropic hormone, adrenotropin, corticotropic hormone, corticotropin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corticotropic Hormone

corticosteroids
corticosteroid cream
corticosteroid side-chain-isomerase
corticosterone
corticosterone
corticosterones
corticosterone 15alpha-hydroxylase
corticothalamic
corticothalamic fibres
corticotroph
corticotrophic adenoma
corticotrophin
corticotrophin
corticotrophins
corticotrophin releasing factor
corticotropic hormone (current term)
corticotropin
corticotropin
corticotropin-like intermediate-lobe peptide
corticotropin-releasing factor
corticotropin-releasing hormone
corticotropins
corticoviridae
cortile
cortili
cortin
cortin
cortina
Cortinariaceae
Cortinarius

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