Definition of "hypophyseal" []

• Alternative spelling of hypophysial. (adjective)

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• "Once in the pituitary, they determine the exact quantities of the various hypophyseal hormones which must be produced at a given point in time."
• "The diabetic conditions which persists when the hypophyseal treatment is discontinued, should be called metahypophyseal diabetes."
• "A normal pancreas reestablishes the normal blood sugar level in three to five hours and maintains it there, while the pancreas taken from an animal in hypophyseal diabetes has little or no effect on the blood sugar."