Definition of Hypophyseal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the hypophysis.

Exact synonyms: Hypophysial
Partainyms: Hypophysis, Hypophysis
Derivative terms: Hypophysis, Hypophysis

Definition of Hypophyseal

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of hypophysial) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypophyseal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypophyseal

1. Of or pertaining to the hypophysis; pituitary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypophyseal

hypophosphate
hypophosphatemia
hypophosphatemias
hypophosphatemic
hypophosphates
hypophosphaturia
hypophosphite
hypophosphoric
hypophosphoric acid
hypophosphorous
hypophosphorous acid
hypophosphorylated
hypophosphorylation
hypophrasia
hypophyllous
hypophyseal (current term)
hypophyseal cachexia
hypophyseal pouch
hypophyseal stalk
hypophysectomise
hypophysectomised
hypophysectomize
hypophysectomized
hypophysectomy
hypophyseoportal system
hypophyseoprivic
hypophyseotropic
hypophyses
hypophysial
hypophysial amenorrhoea

Literary usage of Hypophyseal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"For the past several years, since our interest has been aroused in hypophyseal matters, we have removed and sectioned the pituitary body thus hardened in ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"In the 48-hour chick the hypophyseal pouch is well formed and there is no indication of the lateral lobes. The anterior end of the foregut, which is to form ..."

3. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1916)
"40 Transverse section of the hypophyseal stalk of a 28 mm. embryo. ... Development of the hypophyseal stalk The stalk connecting the hypophysis with the ..."

4. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head by Arthur Schueller (1918)
"There are rare cases of acromegaly in which the sella turcica contains no hypophyseal tumor, in which rather there is present a tumor in the sphenoid sinus ..."

5. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1918)
"The authors call attention to a number of facts showing the relation between diabetes and hypophyseal function, which they believe should lead to its being ..."

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