so·ma·to·lib·er·in

(sō'mă-tō-lib'ĕr-in),

A decapeptide released by the hypothalamus, which induces the release of human growth hormone (somatotropin). Compare: growth hormone-releasing hormone, luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone.

Synonym(s): growth hormone-releasing factor, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatocrinin, somatotropin-releasing factor, somatotropin-releasing hormone

[somatotropin + L. libero, to free, + -in]

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so·mat·o·crin·in

(sō'mă-tō-krin'in)

Hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH).

[somato- + G. krinō, to secrete, + -in]

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