corticotrophin

Variant of corticotropin

corticotropin definition

cor·ti·co·tro·pin (kôr′ti kō′trō′pin)

noun

ACTH
also corticotrophin cor′·ti·co′·tro′·phin (-fin)

Etymology: cortico- + -trop(ic) + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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