adenohypophysial
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adenohypophysial — adjective see adenohypophysis … New Collegiate Dictionary
adenohypophysial — Relating to the adenohypophysis. * * * ad·e·no·hy·po·phys·i·al (ad″ə no hi po fizґe əl) pertaining to the adenohypophysis; spelled also adenohypophyseal … Medical dictionary
adenohypophysial hormones — anterior pituitary h s … Medical dictionary
adenohypophysial pouch — Rathke p … Medical dictionary
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
adenohypophysis — noun (plural adenohypophyses) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1935 the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland • adenohypophyseal or adenohypophysial adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
neurohormone — /noor oh hawr mohn, nyoor /, n. Biochem. any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation. [1940 45; NEURO + HORMONE] * * * ▪ hormone any of a… … Universalium
factor — 1. One of the contributing causes in any action. 2. One of the components that by multiplication makes up a number or expression. 3. SYN: gene. 4. A vitamin or other essential element. 5. An event, characteristic, or other definable entity that … Medical dictionary
adenohypophyseal — ad·e·no·hy·po·phys·e·al (ad″ə no hi po fizґe əl) adenohypophysial … Medical dictionary
hypophysiotropic area — the part of the hypothalamus that contains neurons that secrete hormones that regulate adenohypophysial cells … Medical dictionary
