Definition of Prothoracicotropic hormone

1. Noun. (context: biology) A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prothoracicotropic Hormone

prothetelic
prothetelous
prothetely
prothetic
prothonotarial
prothonotaries
prothonotary
prothonotary warbler
prothonotary warblers
prothonotaryship
prothonotaryships
prothoraces
prothoracic
prothoracic gland
prothoracicotropic
prothoracicotropic hormone (current term)
prothoracicotropic hormones
prothorax
prothoraxes
prothrombin
prothrombin accelerator
prothrombinase
prothrombins
prothrombotic
prothyalosome
prothyl
prothyls
prothétique
protiated
protic

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