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The following 5 entries include the term releasing hormone.
corticotropin-releasing hormone
noungonadotropin-releasing hormone
noun: a decapeptide hormone produced by the hypothalamus that stimulates the adenohypophysis to release gonadotropins (as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone) —abbreviation GnRH
growth hormone-releasing hormone
noun: a neuropeptide released by the hypothalamus that stimulates the release of growth hormone —abbreviation GHRH
luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
nounthyrotropin-releasing hormone
noun: a tripeptide hormone synthesized in the hypothalamus that stimulates secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland —abbreviation TRH
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