hypothalamic releasing factor

Noun hypothalamic releasing factor has 1 sense

• hypothalamic releasing factor(n = noun.body) hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone, rh - 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; Array
is a kind of endocrine, hormone, internal secretion