somatocrinin

so·ma·to·lib·er·in

(sō'mă-tō-lib'ĕr-in), A decapeptide released by the hypothalamus, which induces the release of human growth hormone (somatotropin). Compare: growth hormone-releasing hormone, luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing hormone. Synonym(s): growth hormone-releasing factor, growth hormone-releasing hormone, somatocrinin, somatotropin-releasing factor, somatotropin-releasing hormone [somatotropin + L. libero, to free, + -in]

so·mat·o·crin·in

(sō'mă-tō-krin'in) Hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH). [somato- + G. krinō, to secrete, + -in]

somatocrinin

S11-871420 (sō″măt-ō-krĭn′ĭn) Growth hormone-releasing hormone.