adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the hypophysis (the pituitary gland).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hypophysial
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adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to the hypophysis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hypophyseal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. English hypophysis English -al English hypophysial From hypophysis + -al.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: hipofític — related to hypophysis
- Catalan: hipofisari — related to hypophysis
- French: hypophysaire — related to hypophysis
- Irish: hipifiseach — related to hypophysis
- Italian: ipofisario — related to hypophysis
- Polish: przysadkowy — related to hypophysis
- Spanish: hipofisario — related to hypophysis