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release inhibitor

release inhibitor

a substance that prevents or interferes with the release of hormones or other agents from glands or tissue cells. For example, somatostatin is a release-inhibiting hormone (or factor) that inhibits the normal rate of release of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

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