Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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releasing factor | Yes | No | No | No |
hormone | Yes | No | No | No |
releasing factor (noun) | hormone (noun) |
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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 | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect |
a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |