Meanings
nouncorticotropin (countable and uncountable, plural corticotropins)
plural corticotropins · alternative corticotrophin · alternative corticotropine · alternative corticotrophine
- countableuncountablebiochemistrySynonym of adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic hormone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of adrenocorticotropic hormone.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
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adrenocorticotropic hormoneadrenocorticotrophic hormoneACTHadrenocorticotropinadrenocorticotrophincorticotrophin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
- Latincortex
- Englishcortico-
- Proto-Indo-European*trep-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
- Englishcorticotropin
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APA
corticotropin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticotropin
MLA
“corticotropin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticotropin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corticotropin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corticotropin.
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