Meanings
plural releasing hormones
- endocrinologyA hormone that is involved primarily in stimulating the release of another hormone.
Synonyms: liberin · Antonyms: inhibiting hormone, statin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hormone that is involved primarily in stimulating the release of another hormone.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
nounany 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German Releasing-Hormon
- Releasing-Hormonhormone that is involved primarily in stimulating the release of another hormone
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releasing hormone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/releasing%20hormone
“releasing hormone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/releasing%20hormone. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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