HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothalamic releasing hormone mean?

• HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
The noun HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE 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 HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE (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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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("hypothalamic releasing hormone" 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)

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ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

Hypothalamic releasing factor