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hypophysis

[ hahy-pof-uh-sis, hi- ]
/ haɪˈpɒf ə sɪs, hɪ- /
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noun, plural hy·poph·y·ses [hahy-pof-uh-seez, hi-] /haɪˈpɒf əˌsiz, hɪ-/. Anatomy.

pituitary gland.

Nearby words

  1. hypophysial,
  2. hypophysial cachexia,
  3. hypophysial fossa,
  4. hypophysioprivic,
  5. hypophysiotropic,
  6. hypophysitis,
  7. hypopiesis,
  8. hypopituitarism,
  9. hypoplasia,
  10. hypoplastic anemia

Origin of hypophysis

1700–10; < Greek hypóphysis outgrowth (from below), equivalent to hypophȳ́(ein) to grow beneath (hypo- hypo- + phȳ́ein to grow, be) + -sis -sis
Related formshy·poph·y·se·al, hy·poph·y·si·al [hahy-pof-uh-see-uh l, -zee-, hi-] /haɪˌpɒf əˈsi əl, -ˈzi-, hɪ-/, adjective
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Examples from the Web for hypophysial

  • Recently, in 1893, Kupffer has also put forward the view that the hypophysial opening is the palostoma.

    The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell

  • Beard therefore called this opening of the hypophysial tube the old mouth, or palostoma.

    The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
British Dictionary definitions for hypophysial

hypophysis

/ (haɪˈpɒfɪsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)

the technical name for pituitary gland
Derived Formshypophyseal or hypophysial (ˌhaɪpəˈfɪzɪəl, haɪˌpɒfɪˈsɪəl), adjective

Word Origin for hypophysis

C18: from Greek: outgrowth, from hypo- + phuein to grow
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medicine definitions for hypophysial

hypophysial

adj.

Of or relating to a pituitary gland.

hypophysis

[ hī-pŏf′ĭ-sĭs ]

n. pl. hy•poph•y•ses (-sēz′)

pituitary gland
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