Glossary
A Absorb/absorption: to take in; taking up of liquids by solids; passage of a substance through some surface of the body into body fluids and tissues ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone (or corticotrophin); a polypeptide hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; part of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Adipogenesis: the formation of fat or …
