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Rathke's pouch

American  
[raht-kuhz] / ˈrɑt kəz /

noun

Embryology.

  1. an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

Etymology

Origin of Rathke's pouch

1940–45; named after Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860), German anatomist

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