RELEASING HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does releasing hormone mean? 

• RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
  The noun RELEASING HORMONE has 2 senses:

1. a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

2. 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

  Familiarity information: RELEASING HORMONE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELEASING HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

releasing factor; releasing hormone; RF

Hypernyms ("releasing hormone" is a kind of...):

factor (anything that contributes causally to a result)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "releasing hormone"):

GHRF; growth hormone-releasing factor (a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypothalamic releasing factor; hypothalamic releasing hormone; releasing factor; releasing hormone; RH

Hypernyms ("releasing hormone" 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)

 Context examples 

EPSTI1 is similar to G-protein coupled receptor family 1 (C. elegans) and G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (Drosophila).

(Epithelial Stromal Interaction 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Eligard is a type of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist.

(Eligard, NCI Dictionary)

A long-acting, synthetic peptide with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonistic properties.

(Degarelix, NCI Thesaurus)

Firmagon binds to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors in the pituitary gland.

(Firmagon, NCI Dictionary)

Also called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, LH-RH agonist, and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist.

(GnRH agonist, NCI Dictionary)

A highly modified, fourth generation linear decapeptide with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH or LHRH) antagonizing properties.

(Ozarelix, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, LH-RH antagonist, and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonist.

(GnRH antagonist, NCI Dictionary)

Degarelix binds to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors in the pituitary gland.

(Degarelix, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog.

(Deslorelin, NCI Dictionary)

Cetrorelix is a synthetic decapeptide which is structurally related to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (luteinising-hormone releasing hormone).

(Cetrorelix, NCI Thesaurus)