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THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thyrotropin-releasing hormone mean?
• THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
The noun THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE has 1 sense:
1. hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary
Familiarity information: THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (noun)
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 ("thyrotropin-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)
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