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glucostatic

glucostatic adjective: relating to glucostasis.

Adjective

glucostatic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to glucostasis.
    • Supporting the glucostatic hypothesis, in vivo studies have demonstrated destroying selected hypothalamic nuclei or regions, including the VMH, induces hyperphagia and obesity, while the ablation of the LHA, leads to hypophagia and loss of bodyweight.2015 June 17, Roberto Elizondo-Vega et al., “The role of tanycytes in hypothalamic glucosensing”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 19, →DOI

Questions about glucostatic

What does glucostatic mean?
Glucostatic means relating to glucostasis.
What part of speech is glucostatic?
Glucostatic is an adjective.

Words near glucostatic in the dictionary

  1. glucosinolic acids
  2. glucosphingolipid
  3. glucosphingolipids
  4. glucosphingosine
  5. glucostasis
  6. glucostatic
  7. glucostereochemistry
  8. glucosteroid
  9. glucosteroids
  10. glucostrebloside
  11. glucostrophalloside

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