Search Result for "hypothalamic_releasing_hormone":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hypothalamic releasing hormone n 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 [syn: releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor]