释义 |
hy·poph·y·sis \hīˈpäfəsə̇s\ noun (plural hypophyses \-əˌsēz\) Etymology: New Latin, outgrowth, pituitary body (especially in hypophysis cerebri, literally, outgrowth of the brain), from Greek, outgrowth, attachment underneath, process of a bone, from hypophyein to grow up below, from hypo- + phyein to grow, produce, bring forth — more at be 1. also hypophysis ce·re·bri \-səˈrēˌbrī, -ˈserəˌ-\ : pituitary gland 2. a. : a cell or cells in a seed plant resulting from the transverse division of the next adjoining suspensor cell and giving rise to the tip of the root b. : apophysis 2 |