adenohypophysis

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noun

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.

Similar
anterior lobeanterior pituitaryanterior pituitary gland
OriginEnglish hypophysis ← Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis) ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti →
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Meanings

nounadenohypophysis (plural adenohypophyses)

plural adenohypophyses

  1. anatomyThe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.

    Synonyms: anterior lobe, anterior pituitary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.

Similar
anterior lobeanterior pituitary

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

Similar
anterior pituitaryanterior pituitary gland
Broader
endocrine glandendocrineductless gland
Also see
anterior pituitaryanterior pituitary gland

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀδήν (adḗn)
  2. Englishadeno-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  4. Ancient Greekὑπό (hupó)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  7. Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
  8. Ancient Greekφύσις (phúsis)
  9. Ancient Greekὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)
  10. Englishhypophysis
  11. Englishadenohypophysis

From adeno- + hypophysis.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan adenohipòfisi
  • adenohipòfisithe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Czech adenohypofýza
  • adenohypofýzathe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Dutch adenohypofyse, pars distalis
  • adenohypofysethe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
  • pars distalisthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Finnish adenohypofyysi
  • adenohypofyysithe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
French adénohypophyse
  • adénohypophysethe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Indonesian adenohipofisis
  • adenohipofisisthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Italian adenoipofisi
  • adenoipofisithe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Malay adenohipofisis
  • adenohipofisisthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Polish gruczołowa część przysadki
  • gruczołowa część przysadkithe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Portuguese adenoipófise, adeno-hipófise
  • adenoipófisethe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
  • adeno-hipófisethe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Spanish adenohipófisis
  • adenohipófisisthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Swedish adenohypofys
  • adenohypofysthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Vietnamese thùy trước tuyến yên
  • thùy trước tuyến yênthe anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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