hypophysis
hypophysis
Definition
hy·pophy·sis (hī päf′ə sis, hi-)
noun pl. -·ses′-sēz
pituitary gland
Etymology: ModL < Gr, undergrowth, process < hypophyein < hypo-, under + phyein, to grow: see be
Browse dictionary entries near hypophysis
- hypophysectomy
- hypophosphorous acid
- hypophosphoric acid
- hypophosphite
- hypophosphate
- hyponasty
- hypomania
- hypolimnion
- hypokinesis
- hypoid gear
- hypopituitarism
- hypoplasia
- hypoploid
- hyposensitize
- hypostasis
- hypostatize
- hypostyle
- hypotaxis
- hypotension
- hypotenuse
