Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thyrotropin-releasing_hormone

1 sense of thyrotropin-releasing hormone

Sense 1
thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRH, thyrotropin-releasing factor, TRF, protirelin -- (hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary)
       => 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)