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releasing factor
releasing hormone
RF
Definition: a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
releasing hormone
RH
releasing factor
hypothalamic releasing hormone
hypothalamic releasing factor
Definition: 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
Definition: A hormone that is involved primarily in stimulating the release of another hormone.