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anterior pituitary glandnoun(anatomy) adenohypophysis
adenohypophysisnoun(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
antehypophysisnoun(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
posthypophysisnoun(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary body
pituitarynoun(anatomy) The pituitary gland.
hypophysisnoun(anatomy) The pituitary gland.
pro-adenohypophysisnounAlternative form of proadenohypophysis. [Synonym of rostral pars distalis.]
proadenohypophysisnounSynonym of rostral pars distalis.
adenohypophysectomynounThe surgical removal of the adenohypophysis.
pars distalisnoun(anatomy) The distal part of the adenohypophysis, which contains the majority of its hormone-secreting cells.
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.
nasopharyngeal tonsilnoun(anatomy) Synonym of adenoid.
pharyngeal tonsilnoun(anatomy) Synonym of adenoid.
pars tuberalisnoun(anatomy) Part of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which wraps the pituitary stalk in a highly vascularized sheath.
master glandnoun(informal, biology) The pituitary gland.
suprarenal glandnoun(anatomy) The adrenal gland, which is located just above the kidney in humans.
tuber cinereumnoun(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The part of the hypothalamus to which the pituitary gland is attached
hypophysectomynoun(surgery) The surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland).
anterior cingulate cortexnoun(neuroanatomy) The frontal part of the cingulate cortex.
parathyroidnounA parathyroid gland.

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