Definitions for: Releasing Hormone


[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 releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
[n] a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland



Synonyms: hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing factor, RF, RH

See Also: factor, GHRF, growth hormone-releasing factor, hormone, internal secretion

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