acth adrenocorticotropic hormone - polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, acronym

abbreviation acronym acth adrenal adrenocorticotropic adrenocorticotropin agent anterior arrow arrows attention axis biological chronically circadian component corticotropin corticotropinreleasing decrease deficient definition diagnostic disease effect gland hand hormone hypopituitarism hypothalamus important insufficiency level marker medication phrase pituitary polypeptide precursor produce produced production response rhythm secreted stress symptom syndrome term tertiary text tropic word