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Detailed Synonyms for releasing factor in English
releasing factor:
releasing factor [the ~] noun
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the 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 of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone 1the releasing hormone; the hypothalamic releasing hormone; the RH; the releasing factor; the 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 of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone 1 -
the releasing factor
– a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland 1the releasing factor; the releasing hormone; the RF– a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland 1