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- adjective stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex.
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- adjective
adrenocorticotropic
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- adjective stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
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Examples
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Another option is an injection of a compound called adrenocorticotrophic hormone, which directs your adrenal gland to make more cortisone.
unknown title 2009
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Various other hormones such as adrenocorticotrophic hormone, somatostatin, enkephalins, acetyl choline, gama amino butyric acid etc. are found in brain.
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Various other hormones such as adrenocorticotrophic hormone, somatostatin, enkephalins, acetyl choline, gama amino butyric acid etc. are found in brain.
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Various other hormones such as adrenocorticotrophic hormone, somatostatin, enkephalins, acetyl choline, gama amino butyric acid etc. are found in brain.
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Various other hormones such as adrenocorticotrophic hormone, somatostatin, enkephalins, acetyl choline, gama amino butyric acid etc. are found in brain.
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The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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General Index abdominal fat abdominals, exercises for acacia acetic acid acidity acid reflux activewear activity calories adaptogenic herbs adrenal burnout adrenal glands adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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In this way, a message is relayed to the pituitary, causing a discharge into the general circulation of ACTH adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
Handbook of Stress Leo Goldberger 1993
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The experiments of Long show that the adrenocorticotrophic hormone of the hypophysis by releasing corticoadrenal hormones, plays a part in the diabetogenic effect; but my own experiments prove there is a hypophyseal diabetogenic action which takes place when there are no adrenals.
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The hormone that does so is named, very reasonably, the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ad-ree'noh-kawr'tih-koh-troh'fic; "adrenal-nourishing" G) and is abbreviated, equally reasonably, as ACTH.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
chained_bear commented on the word adrenocorticotrophic
"... while in New York, a newly discovered hormone (adrenocorticotrophic or ACTH) came into favour. ACTH, it was reported, showed signs of inhibiting the inflammatory processes of the body and so diminishing scar-tissue formation."
—Michael Howell and Peter Ford, The Ghost Disease, and Twelve Other Stories of Detective Work in the Medical Field, (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), 218
September 11, 2008
mollusque commented on the word adrenocorticotrophic
Variant of adrenocorticotropic.
September 11, 2008