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reˈleasing, vbl. n. [f. release v.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. in various senses.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 295 Ful absolucion and relessyng of alle peynes in purgatory. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 66 The most good pretendid in indulgences is releesinge of peyne enioynid of the chirche. 1466in Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 209, I bequeithe to the high aulter of the seid chirch 3s. 4d. in relesyng of my tithes beyng behynd. c1470Golagros & Gaw. 1358, I mak releisching of thin allegiance. 1544T. Phaer Regim. Life (1553) I iv b, Thys receit..hath greate vertue..to bring the humoures to equalitie, wyth releasynge of the payne. 1633P. Fletcher Elisa i. ix, Oh, if confessing Our faults to thee be all our faults releasing. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 605 To agree about contributing for their duke's releasing. 2. Special Comb.: releasing factor Physiol., any of several oligopeptides, released from the hypothalamus into the pituitary portal system, which promote the release from the adenohypophysis into the bloodstream of some specific peptidic hormone.
[1955Endocrinology LVII. 443 Posterior pituitary extracts contain a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) that stimulates the release of ACTH from rat anterior pituitary tissue in vitro.] 1965Ibid. LXXVII. 609/1 In 1959, Shibusawa et al...claimed to have prepared a thyrotropin releasing factor (TRF) from dog hypothalamic extracts and from urine. 1966Brit. Med. Bull. XXII. 266/2 On this view, various humoral agents (now called releasing factors) are liberated from nerve-endings (of hypothalamic nerve tracts) into the capillaries (primary plexus) of the portal vessels in the median eminence. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xxiii. 413 This supreme command post of the endocrine system directs the activity of the anterior pituitary by neuro-secretory meditator substances called releasing factors. 1977Time 24 Oct. 42/2 Andrew Schally..isolated identified and synthesized three separate hormones—‘releasing factors’—by which the hypothalamus directs the release of key hormones from the pituitary. |