See Also: hypophysial portal circulation(medicine)
portal hypophysial circulation(medicine)
hypophysial portal system(medicine)
Gwentian(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Hypophysial(medicine)
hypophysial cachexia(medicine)
hypophysial infantilism(medicine)
hypophysial fossa(medicine)
hypophysial syndrome(medicine)

hypophysial portal system (medicine) and Gwentian (iou)


hypophysial portal system (medicine)


hypophysial portal system -->
portal hypophysial circulation


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.


Gwentian (iou)



Gwentian noun & adjective. M19.
[from Gwent (see below) + -IAN.]
A. noun. A native or inhabitant of Gwent, formerly a Welsh principality and since 1974 a Welsh county formed from parts of the former counties of Monmouthshire (England) and Breconshire (Wales); the dialect of this region. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Gwent. M19.