hypothalamic

English

Adjective

hypothalamic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
   • 1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:

     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 man’s and closer in size to a woman’s, and thus they are attracted to men.

Derived terms

• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical
• mesohypothalamic
• nonhypothalamic
• perihypothalamic
• septohypothalamic

Translations

pertaining to the hypothalamus

• Catalan: hipotalàmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下丘腦的 / 下丘脑的 (zh) (xiàqiūnǎode)

• French: hypothalamique
• Greek: υποθαλάμιος (el) (ypothalámios), υποθαλαμικός (el) (ypothalamikós)
• Hungarian: hipotalamikus
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} sem varðar undirstúku, ^{(please verify)} sem varðar heiladyngjubotn, ^{(please verify)} undirstúku- , ^{(please verify)} heiladyngjubotns-
• Italian: ipotalamico
• Portuguese: hipotalâmico
• Spanish: hipotalámico