Definition of "hypophysis" [‖Hy•poph•y•sis]

• See pituitary gland. (noun)

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• "One of the most important metabolic functions of the hypophysis is the part it plays in the formation of protein on which growth depends."
• "This work, done in 1930, showed that: (a) the anterior lobe of the hypophysis has an important part in the physiological control of metabolism; (b) the hypophysis is a factor conditioning the severity of diabetes; (c) the injection of anterior lobe of the hypophysis has a diabetogenic effect."
• "There are still many problems to be solved, but undoubtedly the hypophysis is one of the most important organs in the regulation of metabolism and the center of the endocrine constellation."