releasing factor
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | endocrine, hormone, internal secretion, |
| definition | : | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect (noun.body) |
2. a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | factor, |
| definition | : | anything that contributes causally to a result (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | ghrf, growth hormone-releasing factor, |
| definition | : | a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body (noun.substance) |
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