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releasing factor
Overview of noun releasing-factor
The noun releasing factor has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. 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)
2. releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor -- (any 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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun releasing-factor
2 senses of releasing factor
Sense 1
releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF
=> factor
=> cause
=> origin, origination, inception
=> beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
=> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
=> secretion
=> liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
=> body substance
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun releasing-factor
1 of 2 senses of releasing factor
Sense 1
releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF
=> growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun releasing-factor
2 senses of releasing factor
Sense 1
releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF
=> factor
Sense 2
releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
=> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
Antonyms of noun releasing-factor
Member Holonyms of noun releasing-factor
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Part Meronyms of noun releasing-factor
Meronyms of noun releasing-factor
Holonyms of noun releasing-factor
Attributes of noun releasing-factor
Derived Forms of noun releasing-factor
Domain of noun releasing-factor
Domain Terms of noun releasing-factor
Familiarity of noun releasing-factor
releasing factor used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun releasing-factor
2 senses of releasing factor
Sense 1
releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF
> factor
=> parameter
=> unknown quantity
=> wild card
=> releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF
=> intrinsic factor
Sense 2
releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion
=> adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, ACTH, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin
=> epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin
=> gastrin
=> ghrelin
=> glucagon
=> gonadotropin, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotrophic hormone
=> insulin
=> melatonin
=> neurohormone
=> oxytocin, Pitocin
=> parathyroid hormone, parathormone
=> relaxin
=> releasing hormone, RH, releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, hypothalamic releasing factor
=> secretin
=> somatotropin, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotrophic hormone, STH, human growth hormone, growth hormone
=> thymosin
=> thyroid hormone
=> vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin
=> steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone
=> adrenosterone
=> glucocorticoid
=> catecholamine
=> melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH
=> thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotrophic hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH
=> thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRH, thyrotropin-releasing factor, TRF, protirelin
Meronyms of noun releasing-factor
2 senses of releasing factor
Holonyms of noun releasing-factor
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