Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the hypophysis.
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Hypophysis
//haɪˈpɒfɪsɪs//
Synonyms for "hypophysis" (4 found)
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38 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- الغُدَّة النُخَامِيَّة noun (gland)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- beyin artımı noun (gland)
- hipofiz noun (gland)
Catalan
1 entries- hipòfisi noun (gland)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 垂體 /垂体 noun (gland)
- 腦下垂體 /脑下垂体 noun (gland)
- 腦垂體 /脑垂体 noun (gland)
Czech
2 entries- hypofýza noun (gland)
- podvěsek mozkový noun (gland)
Dutch
1 entries- hypofyse noun (gland)
Esperanto
1 entries- hipofizo noun (gland)
French
1 entries- hypophyse noun (gland)
Galician
1 entries- hipófise noun (gland)
German
4 entries- Hirnanhang noun (gland)
- Hirnanhangdrüse noun (gland)
- Hirnanhangsdrüse noun (gland)
- Hypophyse noun (gland)
Hungarian
1 entries- hipofízis noun (gland)
Icelandic
1 entries- heiladingull noun (gland)
Ido
1 entries- hipofizo noun (gland)
Indonesian
1 entries- hipofisis noun (gland)
Irish
3 entries- faireog phiotútach noun (gland)
- hipifis noun (gland)
- hipifiseas noun (gland)
Italian
1 entries- ipofisi noun (gland)
Kazakh
1 entries- гипофиз noun (gland)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hypofyse noun (gland)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hypofyse noun (gland)
Persian
2 entries- غدهٔ زیرمغزی noun (gland)
- هیپوفیز noun (gland)
Polish
2 entries- przysadka noun (gland)
- przysadka mózgowa noun (gland)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipófise noun (gland)
Russian
1 entries- гипо́физ noun (gland)
Sicilian
1 entries- ipòfisi noun (gland)
Spanish
1 entries- hipófisis noun (gland)
Turkish
1 entries- hipofiz noun (gland)
Welsh
1 entries- chwarren bitwidol noun (gland)
Sample sentences
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A tumor of the hypophysis can cause hypopituitarism.
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CHAPTER VI / THE DISEASES OF THE HYPOPHYSIS [PITUITARY GLAND]
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All the cells of the suspensor, except one, are eventually crushed and obliterated by the growing embryo; this fortunate cell known as the hypophysis is the one in immediate contact with the embryo and plays an important role in the formation of the root apex.
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