Noun releasing factor has 2 senses
- releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF - a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
--1 is a kind of factor
--1 has particulars: growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF
- releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, 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 releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
--2 is a kind of hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
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