prothoracicotropic hormone (English, noun)
expansion: prothoracicotropic hormone (plural prothoracicotropic hormones)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A peptide hormone found in insects, produced in the copora cardiaca or corpus allata, which initiates the release of the ecdysteroid hormone from the prothoracic gland.
Forms:
form: prothoracicotropic hormones
tags: plural