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Releasing hormone

Releasing hormone Meaning & Definition
Releasing hormone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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 | Synonyms for Releasing hormone: hypothalamic releasing factor | hypothalamic releasing hormone | releasing factor | releasing factor | RF | RH

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See Also | factor | GHRF | growth hormone-releasing factor | hormone | internal secretion

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