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GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does growth hormone-releasing factor mean?
• GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR (noun)
The noun GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR has 1 sense:
1. a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body
Familiarity information: GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
GHRF; growth hormone-releasing factor
Hypernyms ("growth hormone-releasing factor" is a kind of...):
releasing factor; releasing hormone; RF (a 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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