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corticotropes

corticotropes is the plural of corticotrope.

Meaning of corticotrope

Noun

corticotrope (plural corticotropes)

  1. A cell in the anterior pituitary that produces adrenocorticotrophic hormone and melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

Questions about corticotropes

What is corticotropes the plural of?
Corticotropes is the plural of corticotrope.

Words near corticotropes in the dictionary

  1. corticotherapies
  2. corticotherapy
  3. corticotomies
  4. corticotomy
  5. corticotrope
  6. corticotropes
  7. corticotroph
  8. corticotrophic
  9. corticotrophin
  10. corticotrophine
  11. corticotrophines

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