hypophysis
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /haɪˈpɒfɪsɪs/
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]
- CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS
- 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
- French: hypophyse
- German: Hypophyse, Hirnanhangdrüse, Hirnanhangsdrüse, Hirnanhang
- Italian: ipofisi
- Portuguese: hipófise
- Russian: гипо́физ
- Spanish: hipófisis
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