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adrenotropin (medicine) and sexagesima (medicine)


adrenotropin (medicine)


adrenotropin -->
adrenocorticotrophic hormone
<endocrinology> A peptide hormone that is produced by the anterior pituitary gland. It stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete glucocorticoid hormones, which help cells synthesise glucose, catabolize proteins, mobilizefree fatty acids and inhibit inflammation in allergic responses.


sexagesima (medicine)


sexagesima


The second Sunday before Lent; so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Origin: L, fem. Of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. Sexaginta sixty.

Source: Websters Dictionary