hypothalamic

adj

hypothalamic

adj

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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:

Derived terms: corticohypothalamic, extrahypothalamic, geniculohypothalamic, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical, intrahypothalamic, mesohypothalamic, nonhypothalamic, perihypothalamic, retinohypothalamic, septohypothalamic

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