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releasing factor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
re-leas-ing -fac-tor
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

releasing hormone RH hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor rf

Questions

What does releasing factor mean?
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

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