acth

Meaning of acth

abbreviation

adrenocorticotrophic hormone.

noun

a hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and stimulating the adrenal cortex.

1930s: from adreno- and cortico- (combining forms of adrenal and cortex) + -tropic or -trophic.

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Hyphenation of acth

acth

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • acth is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

acth synonyms

Meaning adrenocorticotropic hormone:

adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin

Anagrams of acth

Cath, cath, chat, tach

Words that rhyme with acth

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