hypophysis
Americannoun
plural
hypophysesnoun
Other Word Forms
- hypophyseal adjective
- hypophysial adjective
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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The pituitary gland, sometimes called the hypophysis or “master gland” is located at the base of the brain in the sella turcica, a groove of the sphenoid bone of the skull, illustrated in Figure 28.15.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
If the activities are consummated, the fuel—glycogen—and the activating secretions from the thyroid, the adrenals, the hypophysis are consumed.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
ABEL, J. J., AND KUBOTA, S.: On the presence of histamine in the hypophysis cerebri and other tissues of the body and its occurrence among the hydrolytic decomposition products of proteins.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
In Myxine a further remarkable peculiarity in regard to the hypophysis, probably adaptive in nature, occurs, inasmuch as the pituitary invagination develops an opening at its posterior end into the pharynx.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
It is just cephalad to the anterior end of the pharynx and to the hypophysis.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
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