hypothalamic releasing factor

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsreleasing hormoneRHreleasing factorhypothalamic releasing hormone

   Broaderhormone

Questions about hypothalamic releasing factor

What does hypothalamic releasing factor mean?

hypothalamic releasing factor means "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".

What is another word for hypothalamic releasing factor?

Close synonyms include releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypothalamic releasing factor a common word?

hypothalamic releasing factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.