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Releasing Hormone

see synonyms of releasing hormone

Noun

1. releasing factor, releasing hormone, rf

a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

2. hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone, rh

any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Releasing Hormone

see synonyms of releasing hormone
a hormone produced by the hypothalamus that stimulates the production of thyrotropin
: sometimes called thyrotropin-releasing factor

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