acth

Questions about acth

What is another word for acth?

It depends which acth you mean. In the sense “a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex”, the synonyms are adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of acth?

WordNet records no antonym for acth. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for acth come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of acth

• Full entry for acthAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for acthWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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