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Hypophysis vs Hypophysectomy - What's the difference?

hypophysis | hypophysectomy |

As nouns the difference between hypophysis and hypophysectomy

is that hypophysis is the pituitary gland while hypophysectomy is the surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland.

hypophysis

English

(wikipedia hypophysis)

Noun

(hypophyses)
  • (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
  • * 1915 - Wilhelm Falta, (trans. Milton Kayton Meyers) The Ductless Glandular Diseases] , P. Blakiston's Son & Co. [http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/4634141 OCLC 4634141, page 231
    • CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]
  • (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 0792331494, 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.

    Derived terms

    * hypophysial * hypophyseal * adenohypophysis * neurohypophysis

    hypophysectomy

    English

    (wikipedia hypophysectomy)

    Noun

    (hypophysectomies)
  • (surgery) the surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland)