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re·leas·ing fac·tors (RF),

1. any substance, usually of hypothalamic origin, capable of accelerating the rate of secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland;
2. factors required in the termination phase of either RNA biosynthesis or protein biosynthesis. Synonym(s): termination factor
3. colloquial shortened form for the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors used as antihyperlipidemic agents, whose generic names end with the suffix statin. Synonym(s): statins
Synonym(s): liberins, releasing hormone
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re·leas·ing fac·tors

(rĕ-lēs'ing fak'tŏrz)
1. Substances, usually of hypothalamic origin, capable of accelerating the rate of secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
2. Factors required in the termination phase of either RNA biosynthesis or protein biosynthesis.
Synonym(s): liberins, releasing hormone.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

releasing hormone

Abbreviation: RH
Any of a group of substances secreted by the hypothalamus that control or inhibit the release of various hormones. They include thyrotropin-releasing hormone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone, dopamine, growth hormone-releasing hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and somatostatin. Dopamine and somatostatin act to inhibit release of the hormones they act upon.
See also: hormone
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