GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body

Synonyms:

GHRF; growth hormone-releasing factor

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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)

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