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Definition of Releasing hormone

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

2. 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.

Definition of Releasing hormone

1. Noun. (context: endocrinology) Any of many hormones secreted by the hypothalamus that are involved primarily in regulating the release of another hormone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Releasing hormone

1. Hormones produced by the hypothalamus whichstimulate the release of other hormones in the pituitary gland. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Releasing Hormone

release version released released substance releasee releasees releaser releasers releases releasest releaseth

releasin releasing releasing factor releasing factors releasing hormone (current term) releasor releasors relegable relegalize relegalized

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Literary usage of Releasing hormone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... Analysis of the Participation of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in the Gonadotropin releasing hormone-Induced Release of LH1 2 (40367) MH CAFFREY, TM NETT, ..."

2. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Mendelson, JH; Mello, NK; Teoh, SK; and Ellingboe, J. Alcohol effects on luteinizing hormone releasing hormone stimulated anterior pituitary and gonadal ..."

3. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Immunoreactive corticotropin- releasing hormone in human plasma during pregnancy ... Sternberg, EM; Glowa, J.; and Smith, MA Corticotropin releasing hormone ..."

4. The Sexual Predatorby Anita M. Schlank, Fred Cohen by Anita M. Schlank, Fred Cohen (2006)
"Treatment of paraphilia with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 27(1), 45-55. Briken, P. (2002). ..."

5. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"Effect of combined administration of growth hormone-releasing hormone, GH-releasing peptide-6, and pyridostigmine in normal and obese subjects. 50. ..."

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