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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 ("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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
Synonyms:
releasing factor; releasing hormone; RF
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("releasing factor" is a kind of...):
factor (anything that contributes causally to a result)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "releasing factor"):
GHRF; growth hormone-releasing factor (a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body)
