HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothalamic releasing hormone mean? • HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
The noun HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
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 of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hypothalamic releasing factor; hypothalamic releasing hormone; releasing factor; releasing hormone; RH
Hypernyms ("hypothalamic releasing hormone" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
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