Meanings
adjectivehypothalamic (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyOf 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
Translations
Catalan hipotalàmic
- hipotalàmicpertaining to the hypothalamus
Chinese Mandarin 下丘腦的 /下丘脑的
- 下丘腦的 /下丘脑的 (xiàqiūnǎode)pertaining to the hypothalamus
French hypothalamique
- hypothalamiquepertaining to the hypothalamus
Greek υποθαλάμιος, υποθαλαμικός
- υποθαλάμιος (ypothalámios)pertaining to the hypothalamus
- υποθαλαμικός (ypothalamikós)pertaining to the hypothalamus
Hungarian hipotalamikus
- hipotalamikuspertaining to the hypothalamus
Italian ipotalamico
- ipotalamicopertaining to the hypothalamus
Portuguese hipotalâmico
- hipotalâmicopertaining to the hypothalamus
Spanish hipotalámico
- hipotalámicopertaining to the hypothalamus
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Chicago
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