releasing hormone

Noun

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

a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rf Rh releasing factor hypothalamic releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone rhodium liberin gonadotropin-releasing hormone gonadotrophin releasing hormone hormone releasing hormone releasing factor hormone releasing hormone luteinising hormone releasing hormone

Hypernyms

factor endocrine hormone internal secretion

Hyponyms

GHRF growth hormone-releasing factor

Close letter words and terms

releasible releasing releasing factor releasor relebactam Releford