See Also: Celan, Paul(encyclopedia)
ACTH(encyclopedia)
ACTH(dictionary)
ACTH(medicine)
Acth(health)
ectopic ACTH syndrome(medicine)
acth syndrome, ectopic(medicine)
ACTH-producing adenoma(medicine)
ACTH suppression test(medicine)
ACTH stimulation test(medicine)

Celan, Paul (sh) and ACTH (sh)


Celan, Paul (sh)




orig. Paul Antschel

born Nov. 23, 1920, Cern?u?i, Rom.
died May 1, 1970, Paris, France

Romanian poet who wrote in German.

When Romania came under Nazi control during World War II, Celan, a Jew, was sent to a forced-labour camp; his parents were murdered. He moved to Vienna in 1947 and published his first volume of poetry, The Sand from the Urns, in 1948. His second volume, Poppy and Memory (1952), established his reputation in West Germany. He produced seven more volumes before taking his own life by drowning in the Seine. Celan's dense and complex verse is marked by his experience of World War II; his early poem "Todesfuge" is one of the most famous poetic expressions of the Holocaust.


ACTH (sh)




in full adrenocorticotropic hormone

Polypeptide hormone made in the pituitary gland.

It regulates the activity of part of the adrenal cortex (see adrenal glands), the production site of important steroid hormones that affect electrolyte and water balance and the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. ACTH is found in vertebrates (except jawless fishes); in mammals it contains 39 amino acids. Overproduction of ACTH is one cause of Cushing syndrome.