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releasing hormone
 
Noun releasing hormone has 2 senses
  1. releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF - a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
    --1 is a kind of factor
    --1 has particulars: growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF
  2. releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor - 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 releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
    --2 is a kind of hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
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