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hypophysis

[ hahy-pof-uh-sis, hi- ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural hypophyses


hypophysis

/ haɪˌpɒfɪˈsɪəl; haɪˈpɒfɪsɪs; ˌhaɪpəˈfɪzɪəl /

noun

  1. the technical name for pituitary gland
“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
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Derived Forms

  • hypophyseal, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·DZ··· ·DZ··· [hahy-pof-, uh, -, see, -, uh, l, -, zee, -, hi-], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hypophysis1

1700–10; < Greek ó outgrowth (from below), equivalent to DZ̄́ ( ein ) to grow beneath ( hypo- hypo- + ̄́𾱲 to grow, be ) + -sis -sis
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hypophysis1

C18: from Greek: outgrowth, from hypo- + phuein to grow
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Example Sentences

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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.

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It is just cephalad to the anterior end of the pharynx and to the hypophysis.

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Beard put forward also the ingenious theory that the hypophysis represents the old Annelidan mouth.

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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.

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Besides the small amount of blood pressure-raising substance secreted by the hypophysis cerebri. it has not been shown that any other gland of the body furnishes vasopressor substance except the suprarenals.

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