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- acromegalia enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
- rh 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
- rf a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
- sth a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
- acth a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes
- adrenocorticotrophin a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
- releasing hormone a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
- somatotrophic hormone a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
- human growth hormone a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans