Medical Definition of Hypothalamohypophysial portal system

1. A capillary network that carries hypophyseotropic hormones from the hypothalamus, where they are secreted into blood, to their sites of action in the anterior hypophysis. See: portal circulation, hypophysis, hypothalamus. Synonym: hypophyseoportal system, hypophysial portal circulation, hypophysial portal system, hypophysioportal system, hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation, hypothalamohypophysial portal system. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothalamohypophysial Portal System

hypothalamic
hypothalamic amenorrhoea
hypothalamic histiocytoma
hypothalamic hormones
hypothalamic infundibulum
hypothalamic neoplasms
hypothalamic releasing factor
hypothalamic releasing hormone
hypothalamic sulcus
hypothalamically
hypothalamo-hypophyseal system
hypothalamocerebellar fibres
hypothalamohypophysial
hypothalamohypophysial portal circulation
hypothalamohypophysial portal system (current term)
hypothalamohypophysial tract
hypothalamus
hypothec
hypotheca
hypothecae
hypothecal
hypothecaries
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hypothecate
hypothecated
hypothecates
hypothecating
hypothecation
hypothecations

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