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Acth is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like corticotropin or hormone. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Acth meaning

Initialism of adrenocorticotropic hormone.

Synonyms of Acth

adrenocorticotropic hormone adrenocorticotrophic hormone adrenocorticotropin adrenocorticotrophin corticotropin corticotrophin hormone endocrine internal secretion

Related words

Other words often associated with Acth or its synonyms:

secretion gland exocrine

Using Acth

  • The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of adrenocorticotropic hormone.
  • Useful related words include: adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin.
  • In the example corpus, acth often appears in combinations such as: of acth.

Context around Acth

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

elevated 1× human 1×

Often after:

influences 1× secretion 1× synthesis 1× include 1×

Sentence patterns with Acth

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

acth also stimulates 1× acth influences steroid 1× acth then stimulates 1× actions of acth include stimulation 1× along with acth 1× crh and acth synthesis 1× human acth has a 1× independent of acth or gonadotropins 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

acth also stimulates 1× acth influences steroid 1× acth then stimulates 1× adrenarche is independent 1× cortisol is not 1× glucocorticoids secreted from 1×

Common sentence endings:

along with acth 1× and acth synthesis 1× enzyme is located 1× feedback loop activity 1× into cortical cells 1× long term actions 1×

Words around Acth

Just before it in the word index:

actg 2 actf 2 actewagl 3 actes 6 acteon 2 actemra 2

Just after it in the word index:

acti 2 actin 28 acting 6.194 actinic 2 actinide 25 actinides 42

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Acth

  • In this selection, "acth" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, elevated, human, influences, secretion and synthesis stand out and add context to how "acth" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include acth also stimulates and acth influences steroid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "acth" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with acth

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

ACTH also stimulates lipoprotein uptake into cortical cells. (8 words)

Human ACTH has a molecular weight of 4,540 atomic mass units (Da). (13 words)

This is mainly a consequence of alpha-MSH being secreted along with ACTH. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Cortisol is not evenly released during the day – its concentrations in the blood are highest in the early morning and lowest in the evening as a result of the circadian rhythm of ACTH secretion. (34 words)

ACTH then stimulates the adrenal glands to produce and release cortisol, a stress hormone that interferes with the normal movement of food through the digestive tract. (26 words)

The HPA axis is an example of a negative feedback system, in which cortisol itself acts as a direct inhibitor of both CRH and ACTH synthesis. (26 words)

Example sentences (13)

ACTH then stimulates the adrenal glands to produce and release cortisol, a stress hormone that interferes with the normal movement of food through the digestive tract.

The nausea, fatigue and salt cravings were all a result of the lack of adrenal hormones, which in turn caused the elevated ACTH.

ACTH also stimulates lipoprotein uptake into cortical cells.

ACTH influences steroid hormone secretion by both rapid short-term mechanisms that take place within minutes and slower long-term actions.

Adrenarche is independent of ACTH or gonadotropins and correlates with a progressive thickening of the zona reticularis layer of the cortex.

Cortisol is not evenly released during the day – its concentrations in the blood are highest in the early morning and lowest in the evening as a result of the circadian rhythm of ACTH secretion.

Glucocorticoids secreted from the adrenal cortex work to inhibit CRH secretion by the hypothalamus, which in turn decreases anterior pituitary secretion of ACTH.

Human ACTH has a molecular weight of 4,540 atomic mass units (Da).

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The HPA axis is an example of a negative feedback system, in which cortisol itself acts as a direct inhibitor of both CRH and ACTH synthesis.

The most common cause of endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a pituitary adenoma which causes an excessive production of ACTH.

The rapid actions of ACTH include stimulation of cholesterol delivery to the mitochondria where the P450scc enzyme is located.

These fragments include: citation In order to regulate the secretion of ACTH, many substances secreted within this axis exhibit slow/intermediate and fast feedback-loop activity.

This is mainly a consequence of alpha-MSH being secreted along with ACTH.

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Common combinations with acth

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of acth 6×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "acth" in a sentence?
An example: "ACTH then stimulates the adrenal glands to produce and release cortisol, a stress hormone that interferes with the normal movement of food through the digestive tract." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "acth" from authentic English texts.
What does "acth" mean?
Acth means: Initialism of adrenocorticotropic hormone.
What are synonyms of "acth"?
Common synonyms of "acth" include: adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin, hormone, endocrine. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "acth" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "acth", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.