hypophysis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”), from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɒfɪsɪs/

Noun

hypophysis (plural hypophyses)

1. (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
   • 1915 - Wilhelm Falta, (trans. Milton Kayton Meyers) The Ductless Glandular Diseases, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. OCLC 4634141, page 231

     CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]

2. (botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
   • 1995, Trevor A. Thorpe, In Vitro Embryogenesis in Plants, Springer, →ISBN, page 85:

     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.

Synonyms

• pituitary

Derived terms

• adenohypophysis
• hypophyseal
• hypophysial
• neurohypophysis
• posthypophysis

 

Translations

gland

• Arabic: الغُدّة النُخاميّة
• Azerbaijani: hipofiz, beyin artımı
• Catalan: hipòfisi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦下垂體 / 脑下垂体 (zh) (nǎoxiàchuítǐ), 腦垂體 / 脑垂体 (nǎochuítǐ), 垂體 / 垂体 (zh) (chuítǐ)

• Czech: hypofýza (cs) f
• Dutch: hypofyse (nl)
• Esperanto: hipofizo
• French: hypophyse (fr) f
• Galician: hipófise (gl) f
• German: Hypophyse (de) f, Hirnanhangdrüse f, Hirnanhangsdrüse f, Hirnanhang m
• Hungarian: hipofízis (hu)
• Icelandic: heiladingull (is) m
• Ido: hipofizo (io)
• Irish: hipifis f, hipifiseas m, faireog phiotútach f
• Italian: ipofisi (it) f
• Kazakh: гипофиз (gipofiz)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hypofyse m

  Nynorsk: hypofyse m

• Persian: غدهٔ زیرمغزی (fa) sg (ɣodde-ye zīrmaɣzī), هیپوفیز (fa) (hīpofīz)
• Portuguese: hipófise (pt) f
• Russian: гипо́физ (ru) m (gipófiz)
• Spanish: hipófisis
• Turkish: hipofiz (tr)
• Welsh: chwarren bitwidol f