What does releasing hormone mean?
• RELEASING HORMONE (noun) The noun RELEASING HORMONE has 2 senses: 1. a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland 2. 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 Familiarity information: RELEASING HORMONE used as a noun is rare.