Definition of Hypophyses

1. Noun. (plural of hypophysis) ¹

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Definition of Hypophyses

1. hypophysis [n] - See also: hypophysis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypophyses

hypophosphorylation
hypophrasia
hypophyllous
hypophyseal
hypophyseal cachexia
hypophyseal pouch
hypophyseal stalk
hypophysectomise
hypophysectomised
hypophysectomize
hypophysectomized
hypophysectomy
hypophyseoportal system
hypophyseoprivic
hypophyseotropic
hypophyses (current term)
hypophysial
hypophysial amenorrhoea
hypophysial cachexia
hypophysial duct
hypophysial dwarf
hypophysial fossa
hypophysial infantilism
hypophysial portal circulation
hypophysial portal system
hypophysin
hypophysio-sphenoidal syndrome
hypophysioportal system
hypophysioprivic

Literary usage of Hypophyses

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

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1916)
"Intravenous injections of saline extracts of hypophyses from fetal pigs measuring 125 mm. gave different results. In some cases a slight pressor effect ..."

2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"hypophyses of patients living in goitrous districts may present some definite changes. Schonemann has studied the hypophyses of patients dying in districts ..."

3. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"Numerous accounts are given of extracts equal to ij to 3 fresh hypophyses (Mairet and Bosc, Conti and Curti, Gamier and Thaon, Salvioli and Carraro, ..."

4. Contributions by University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy (1922)
"The average of the nine hypophyses obtained before hibernation was 0.00633 cc. ... Since the hypophyses of the larger animals are, as a general rule, ..."

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