See Also: adrenocorticotropic hormone(medicine)
Adrenocorticotropic(medicine)
adrenocorticotropic releasing factor(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
amphoric(medicine)
luteinizing hormone-2ffollicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor(medicine)
amphoric voice(medicine)
amphoric resonance(medicine)
amphoric respiration(medicine)
amphoric rale(medicine)

amphoric resonance (medicine) and adrenocorticotropic hormone (medicine)


amphoric resonance (medicine)


amphoric resonance


A percussion sound, like that produced by striking a large empty bottle, obtained by percussing over a pulmonary cavity.

Synonym: cavernous resonance.


adrenocorticotropic hormone (medicine)


adrenocorticotropic hormone


The hormone of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis which governs the Nutrition and growth of the adrenal cortex, stimulates it to functional activity, and also possesses extraadrenal adipokinetic activity; it is a polypeptide containing 39 amino acids, but exact structure varies from one species to another; sometimes prefixed by a to distinguish it from beta-corticotropin. The first thirteen amino acids at the N-terminal region are identical to alpha-melanotropin.

Synonym: adrenocorticotropin, adrenotropic hormone, adrenotropin, corticotropic hormone, corticotropin.