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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
hypophysis
 
SYLLABICATION:hy·poph·y·sis
PRONUNCIATION:  h-pf-ss
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. hy·poph·y·ses (-sz)
See pituitary gland.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin, from Greek hupophusis, attachment underneath, from hupophuein, to grow up beneath : hupo-, hypo- + phuein, to make grow; see bheu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:hy·pophy·sial, hy·pophy·seal (h-pf-sl, -z-, hp-fz-l) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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