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ACTH (ā'''āch')
n.
A hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that stimulates the secretion of cortisone and other hormones by the adrenal cortex. Also called adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin.

[A(DRENO)C(ORTICO)T(ROPIC) H(ORMONE).]




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