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hypophysis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /haɪˈpɒ.fɪ.sɪs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. English hypophysis Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis, literally “attachment underneath”). By surface analysis, hypo- + -physis.

Meanings

1. The pituitary gland.
   • CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND] 1915, Wilhelm Falta, translated by Milton Kayton Meyers, The Ductless Glandular Diseases, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., →OCLC, page 231:
2. The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
   • 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, page 85:

Forms

Deriveds

hypophysitis · hypophyseal · neurohypophysis · hypophysectomy · adenohypophysis · hypophysial · posthypophysis · antehypophysis