Releasing_factorWordNet Explorer
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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
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
anything that contributes causally to a result
a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body