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corticotroph

corticotroph is the alternative form of corticotrope.

Meaning of corticotrope

Noun

corticotrope (plural corticotropes)

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

Forms of corticotroph

pluralcorticotrophs

Questions about corticotroph

What is corticotroph the alternative form of?
Corticotroph is the alternative form of corticotrope.

Words near corticotroph in the dictionary

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

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