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HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING FACTOR
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I. (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
Synonyms:
hypothalamic releasing factor; hypothalamic releasing hormone; releasing factor; releasing hormone; RH
Classified under:
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)
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