Associations to the word «Hypophysis»

Wiktionary

HYPOPHYSIS, noun. (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
HYPOPHYSIS, noun. (botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.

Dictionary definition

HYPOPHYSIS, noun. The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope