HyperDic: growth_hormone-releasing_factor

English > 1 sense of the expression growth hormone-releasing factor:
NOUNsubstancegrowth hormone-releasing factor, GHRFa releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body
English > growth hormone-releasing factor: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
SynonymGHRF
Broaderreleasing factor, releasing hormone, RFA substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

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