Usually means: Hormone stimulating adrenal cortex production.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ACTH)

▸ noun:  (endocrinology, biochemistry) Initialism of adrenocorticotropic hormone. [(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, that stimulates the secretion of other hormones]

Similar:
adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, seric, COMT, NMDA, ecg, more...

Opposite:
cortisol, decrease, lower, reduce, oppose

Phrases:
synthetic acth, acth cells, acth gel, acth assay, ACTH stimulation test, more...

Adjectives:
pituitary, exogenous, synthetic, ectopic, endogenous, human, excess, immunoreactive, big, intravenous, more

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Similar:
adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, seric, COMT, NMDA, ecg, more...

Opposite:
cortisol, decrease, lower, reduce, oppose

Phrases:
synthetic acth, acth cells, acth gel, acth assay, ACTH stimulation test, ectopic acth syndrome, acth secreting adenoma, pituitary acth hypersecretion, acth producing adenoma, acth secreting tumor, more...

Adjectives:
pituitary, exogenous, synthetic, ectopic, endogenous, human, excess, immunoreactive, big, intravenous, more



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