hypothalamic en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
Thus, in brain studies that purport to find the origins of sexual orientation, gay men are said to have hypothalamic nuclei that are smaller than a straight mans and closer in size to a womans, and thus they are attracted to men.
1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:
Deriveds
extrahypothalamic · intrahypothalamic · mesohypothalamic · hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal · nonhypothalamic · septohypothalamic · retinohypothalamic · geniculohypothalamic · hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis · corticohypothalamic · hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical · perihypothalamic
Translations (9)
es hipotalámico (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · fr hypothalamique (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · pt hipotalâmico (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · hu hipotalamikus (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · cmn 下丘腦的 /下丘脑的 (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · ca hipotalàmic (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · el υποθαλαμικός (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · it ipotalamico (pertaining to the hypothalamus) · el υποθαλάμιος (pertaining to the hypothalamus)