releasing factor

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  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    releasing factor noun english

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

  • March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    releasing factor noun english

    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