Hypophysis

[hai'pɒfisis]

Definition

(n.) See Pituitary body, under Pituitary.

(n.) Cataract.

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Definition

n. the pituitary body of the brain: (bot.) an inflated part of the pedicel under the capsule in mosses; in flowering plants a cell of the embryo producing the primary root and root-cap.

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