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PROTIRELIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protirelin mean?
• PROTIRELIN (noun)
The noun PROTIRELIN has 1 sense:
1. hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Familiarity information: PROTIRELIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
protirelin; thyrotropin-releasing factor; thyrotropin-releasing hormone; TRF; TRH
Hypernyms ("protirelin" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
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