releasing factor - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• RH
• hypothalamic releasing factor
• hypothalamic releasing hormone
• releasing factor
• releasing hormone

More generic

• endocrine
• hormone
• internal secretion

Noun

a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

Synonyms

• RF
• releasing factor
• releasing hormone

More generic

• factor

More specific

• GHRF
• growth hormone-releasing factor

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