'hypothalamic releasing hormone' definitions:

Definition of 'hypothalamic releasing hormone'

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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 [syn: releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor]