releaser mechanism
1releaser — release ► VERB 1) set free from confinement. 2) free from an obligation or duty. 3) allow to move or flow freely. 4) allow (information) to be generally available. 5) make (a film or recording) available to the public. 6) make over (property,… …
2Formaldehyde releaser — A formaldehyde releaser is a chemical compound that slowly releases formaldehyde. Antimicrobials Formaldehyde releasers are often used an antimicrobial preservative in cosmetics. Examples include:* Quaternium 15 * Imidazolidinyl urea (Germall… …
3releasing mechanism — Ethology. a hypothetical control complex in the central nervous system of animals that triggers the appropriate behavioral response to a releaser. * * * …
4releasing mechanism — Ethology. a hypothetical control complex in the central nervous system of animals that triggers the appropriate behavioral response to a releaser …
5Releasing agent — Amphetamine, the prototypical releasing agent, which acts on norepinephrine and dopamine. A releasing agent (RA), or simply releaser, is a drug that induces the release of a neurotransmitter from the presynaptic neuron into the synapse, leading… …
6chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …
7humour — /hyooh meuhr/, n., v.t., Chiefly Brit. humor. Usage. See or1. * * * I (Latin; fluid ) In early Western physiological theory, one of the four body fluids thought to determine a person s temperament and features. As hypothesized by Galen, the four… …
8Pheromone — Fanning honeybee exposes Nasonov gland (white at tip of abdomen) releasing pheromone to entice swarm into an empty hive A pheromone (from Greek φ …
9Reuptake inhibitor — Escitalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used as an antidepressant. A reuptake inhibitor (RI), also known as a transporter blocker, is a drug that inhibits the plasmalemmal transporter mediated reuptake of a neurotransmitter… …
10mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …
