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

2 senses of releasing factor

Sense 1
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)
       => factor -- (anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome")

Sense 2
releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor -- (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)
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)