rf

Noun

• a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone

• a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized

• a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  reticular formation , RF , rutherfordium , Rf , unnilquadium , Unq , element 104 , atomic number 104 , releasing factor , releasing hormone