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noun
A hormone that is involved primarily in stimulating the release of another hormone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: endocrinology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: liberin
Antonyms: inhibiting hormone, statin
Broader terms: hormone, chemical messenger, substance
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
noun
a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: releasing factor, RF
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: factor
Narrower terms: growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF
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