| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hypophysis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hy·poph·y·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h -p f  -ss |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. hy·poph·y·ses (-s z )
See pituitary gland. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin, from Greek hupophusis, attachment underneath, from hupophuein, to grow up beneath : hupo-, hypo- + phuein, to make grow; see bheu - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | hy·pophy·sial, hy·pophy·seal (h-pf-sl, -z-, hp-fz-l) —ADJECTIVE
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