1 Skin disease on or around the eyelids can result in dry eye. 2  Diseases of the glands in the eyelids, such as meibomian gland dysfunction, can cause dry eye. 3  Dry eye can occur in women who are pregnant.  Women who are on hormone replacement therapy may experience dry eye symptoms.
any of the hormones produced by the adrenal cortex; also, their synthetic equivalents. Called also adrenocortical hormone and adrenocorticoid. All the hormones are steroids having similar chemical structures, but quite different physiologic effects.
adrenocorticotropic. having a stimulating effect on the adrenal cortex; corticotropic. adrenocorticotropic hormone. acth, a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which has a stimulating effect on the adrenal cortex. Called also corticotropin.1  Facebook.drenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), a hormone of the adenohypophysis that stimulates growth of the adrenal cortex and the synthesis and secretion of corticosteroids.