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hypophyses

hypophyses is the plural of hypophysis.

Meaning of hypophysis

Noun

hypophysis (plural hypophyses)

  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

Questions about hypophyses

What is hypophyses the plural of?
Hypophyses is the plural of hypophysis.

Words near hypophyses in the dictionary

  1. hypophysectomized
  2. hypophysectomizes
  3. hypophysectomizing
  4. hypophysectomy
  5. hypophyseotropic
  6. hypophyses
  7. hypophysial
  8. hypophysiological
  9. hypophysiotrophic
  10. hypophysiotropic
  11. hypophysis

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