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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The posterior portion of the pituitary gland, having a rich supply of nerve fibers and releasing oxytocin and vasopressin.
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- noun anatomy The
posterior lobe of thepituitary gland , responsible for therelease ofoxytocin andantidiuretic hormone (ADH), also calledvasopressin .
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- noun the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature
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The funnel shaped infundibulu from the hypothalamus connects to the posterior pituitary or neurohypophysis
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