RELEASING FACTOR as NOUN

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 releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
   Synonym(s)
   • hypothalamic releasing factor (what does hypothalamic releasing factor mean?)
   • hypothalamic releasing hormone (what does hypothalamic releasing hormone mean?)
   • releasing hormone (what does releasing hormone mean?)
   • RH (what does RH mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) releasing factor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
   Synonym(s)
   • releasing hormone (what does releasing hormone mean?)
   • RF (what does RF mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) releasing factor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • factor (what does factor mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • growth hormone-releasing factor (what does growth hormone-releasing factor mean?)
   • GHRF (what does GHRF mean?)