releasing-hormone

Nouns

  • (n) a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland releasing factor, RF,
  • (n) 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 hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, RH,

Synonyms

releasing factor RF hypothalamic releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone RH

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