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• Pituitary gland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea. It sits in a small, bony cavity (sella turcica) covered by a dural fold (diaphragma sellae) at ...

• hypophysis - definition of hypophysis in the Medical dictionary - by ...

  hypophysis /hy·poph·y·sis/ (hi-pof´i-sis) [Gr.] pituitary gland. hypophysis ce´rebri   pituitary gland. pharyngeal hypophysis   a mass in the pharyngeal wall with structure ...

• hypophysis - definition of hypophysis by the Free Online Dictionary ...

  hy·poph·y·sis   (h-p f-s s) n. pl. hy·poph·y·ses (-s z) See pituitary gland. [New Latin, from Greek hupophusis, attachment underneath, from hupophuein, to grow up beneath ...