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GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does growth hormone-releasing factor mean? 

GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR (noun)
  The noun GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary bodyplay

  Familiarity information: GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

GHRF; growth hormone-releasing factor

Hypernyms ("growth hormone-releasing factor" is a kind of...):

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)


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