Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun growth_hormone-releasing_factor

1 sense of growth hormone-releasing factor

Sense 1
growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF -- (a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body)
       => 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)