hypophysis

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Nelson syndrome is a disorder characterized by abnormal hormone secretion, extension of the pituitary gland (hypophysis), and the development of big and invasive growths known as adenomas.

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  1. noun See pituitary gland.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek hupophusis, attachment underneath, from hupophuein, to grow up beneath : hupo-, hypo- + phuein, to make grow; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ὑπόφυσις, an undergrowth, a process, from ὑποφύειν, make to grow from below, passive grow from below, grow up, from ὑπό, under, + φύειν, make to grow, passive φίεσθαι, grow. Cf. epiphysis.
 

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/haɪˈpɑfɪsɪs/
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