hypophysis
English
Etymology
From Greek ὑπό (hypo, “under”) + φύσις (physis, “nature”), from φύω (phyō, “to bring forth”).
Noun
hypophysis (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 0792331494, 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.
- 1995 - Trevor A. Thorpe, In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants, Springer, ISBN 0792331494, page 85
Derived terms
Translations
gland
Read in another language
This page is available in 9 languages