Sentence:  Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH , or is , alternatively , normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some <WSD>other</WSD> blood constituent , cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible for the blood activity with pituitary TSH . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied