hypophysis (redirected from hypophyses)

hypophysis /hy·poph·y·sis/ (hi-pof´ĭ-sis) [Gr.] pituitary gland.

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hypophysis ce´rebri  pituitary gland.

pharyngeal hypophysis  a mass in the pharyngeal wall with structure similar to that of the pituitary gland.

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hy·poph·y·sis (h-pf-ss)

n. pl. hy·poph·y·ses (-sz)

See pituitary gland.

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hypophysis

[hīpof′isis]

Etymology: Gk, hypo, under, phyein, to grow

the pituitary body (gland). The anterior lobe is sometimes identified as the adenohypophysis and the posterior lobe as the neurohypophysis.

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hypophysis,

n See gland, pituitary.

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hypophysis

pl. hypophyses [Gr.] see pituitary.

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hypophysis cerebri

hypophysis.

hypophysis sicca

posterior pituitary.

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hypophysis

Pituitary gland Anatomy The pea-sized powerhouse at the base of the brain which orchestrates the endocrine symphony, saddled in the sella turcica and attached by a stalk to the hypothalamus–which controls pituitary function. Cf Hypothalamus.