prothoracicotropic hormone

noun

A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.

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Meanings

nounprothoracicotropic hormone (plural prothoracicotropic hormones)

plural prothoracicotropic hormones

  1. biologyA peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.
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