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☆ ACTH

noun

a polypeptide hormone of the anterior part of the pituitary gland that stimulates hormone production of the adrenal cortex

Etymology: a(dreno)c(ortico)t(ropic) h(ormone)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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