Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corticotropin-releasing hormone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: cor-ti-cotropin-re-leas-ing hor-mone
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peptide hormone secreted by the hypothalamus, involved in the stimulation of the pituitary synthesis of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

corticotropin-releasing hormones (plural)

Synonyms

CRH corticoliberin

Questions

What does corticotropin-releasing hormone mean?: A peptide hormone secreted by the hypothalamus, involved in the stimulation of the pituitary synthesis of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).

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