adrenocorticotropic

1. 1.

   stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex

   Synonymsadrenocorticotrophic

   Similarstimulative

Questions about adrenocorticotropic

What does adrenocorticotropic mean?

adrenocorticotropic means "stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex".

How many syllables are in adrenocorticotropic?

adrenocorticotropic has 8 syllables: a-dre-no-cor-ti-co-tro-pic. The stress falls on "tro".

What is another word for adrenocorticotropic?

Close synonyms include adrenocorticotrophic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adrenocorticotropic a common word?

adrenocorticotropic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.