🔄 Synonyms of "Adenohypophysis"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anterior pituitarynoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| anterior pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anterior pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| anterior pituitarynoun | (anatomy) adenohypophysis |
| antehypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland |
| posthypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary body |
| hypophysisnoun | (anatomy) The pituitary gland. |
| pro-adenohypophysisnoun | Alternative form of proadenohypophysis. [Synonym of rostral pars distalis.] |
| adenohypophysectomynoun | The surgical removal of the adenohypophysis. |
| pituitarynoun | (anatomy) The pituitary gland. |
| proadenohypophysisnoun | Synonym of rostral pars distalis. |
| pituitary glandnoun | (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation. |
| hypapophysisnoun | (anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum. |
| hypophysectomynoun | (surgery) The surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). |
| pars distalisnoun | (anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells. |
| epiphysisnoun | (anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone. |
| hyperapophysisnoun | (anatomy, zoology) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. |
| ephippiumnoun | (zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Diplostraca. |
| endocrinenoun | An endocrine gland. |
| apophysenoun | apophysis |
| adrenal glandnoun | (anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism. |
| rathke's pouchnoun | (embryogenesis) A depression in the roof of the developing mouth in front of the buccopharyngeal membrane. It gives rise to the adenohypophysis. |
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