Hypothalamic_releasing_factorWordNet Explorer

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noun

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

Words in this synset: releasing_hormone, RH, releasing_factor, hypothalamic_releasing_hormone

noun

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