| NOUN | substance | RF, releasing factor, releasing hormone | a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland |
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| substance | Rf, rutherfordium, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104 | a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized | |
| body | RF, reticular formation | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem |
| Meaning | A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland. | |
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| Synonyms | releasing factor, releasing hormone | |
| Narrower | growth hormone-releasing factor, GHRF | A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body |
| Broader | factor | Anything that contributes causally to a result |
| Meaning | A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized. | |
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| Synonyms | rutherfordium, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104 | |
| Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| Spanish | número atómico 104, Rf, rutherfordio | |
| Catalan | element 104, Rf, rutherfordi, rutherfordio, unnilquadi, Unq | |
| Meaning | A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal / arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone. | |
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| Synonym | reticular formation | |
| Part of | brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem | The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
| Parts | reticular activating system, RAS | The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal / arousal function |
| Broader | neural network, neural net | Any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body |
| Spanish | formación reticular | |
| Catalan | formació reticular | |
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