Definition of Hypothalamic releasing factor

1. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothalamic Releasing Factor

hypotensive
hypotensive anaesthesia
hypotensives
hypotensor
hypotenusal
hypotenuse
hypotenuses
hypothalami
hypothalamic
hypothalamic amenorrhoea
hypothalamic histiocytoma
hypothalamic hormones
hypothalamic infundibulum
hypothalamic neoplasms
hypothalamic releasing factor (current term)
hypothalamic releasing hormone
hypothalamic sulcus
hypothalamically
hypothalamo-hypophyseal system
hypothalamocerebellar fibres
hypothalamohypophysial
hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation
hypothalamohypophysial portal system
hypothalamohypophysial tract
hypothalamus
hypothec
hypotheca
hypothecae
hypothecal

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