hypophysis
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editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”), from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth”).
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edithypophysis (plural hypophyses)
- (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
- 1915 - Wilhelm Falta, (trans. Milton Kayton Meyers) The Ductless Glandular Diseases, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. OCLC 4634141, page 231
- CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]
- 1915 - Wilhelm Falta, (trans. Milton Kayton Meyers) The Ductless Glandular Diseases, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. OCLC 4634141, page 231
- (botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
- 1995, Trevor A. Thorpe, In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants, Springer, →ISBN, page 85:
- All the cells of the suspensor, except one, are eventually crushed and obliterated by the growing embryo; this fortunate cell known as the hypophysis is the one in immediate contact with the embryo and plays an important role in the formation of the root apex.
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