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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland;
[syn: releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF]

2. 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):

releasing hormone n 1: a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland [syn: releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF] 2: 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]