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Somatoliberin (medicine)


somatoliberin


A decapeptide released by the hypothalamus, which induces the release of human growth hormone (somatotropin).

Synonym: growth hormone-releasing factor, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatotropin-releasing factor, somatotropin-releasing hormone.

Origin: somatotropin + L. Libero, to free, + -in