HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothalamic releasing factor mean? 

• HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR (noun)
  The noun HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Synonyms:

hypothalamic releasing factor; hypothalamic releasing hormone; releasing factor; releasing hormone; RH

Hypernyms ("hypothalamic releasing factor" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)