ADENOHYPOPHYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenohypophysis mean? 

• ADENOHYPOPHYSIS (noun)
  The noun ADENOHYPOPHYSIS has 1 sense:

1. the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

  Familiarity information: ADENOHYPOPHYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOHYPOPHYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adenohypophysis; anterior pituitary; anterior pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("adenohypophysis" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Meronyms (parts of "adenohypophysis"):

pars anterior; pars distilis (the anterior part of the anterior pituitary)

Holonyms ("adenohypophysis" is a part of...):

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)

 Context examples 

An endocrine cell of the adenohypophysis that affects certain cells of the ovary or testis.

(Gonadotroph Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, irregularly stellate, acidophilic cell of the adenohypophysis, having small, sparsely distributed secretory granules and secreting adrenocorticotropic hormone and b-endorphin, which are cleaved from a large prohormone called pro-opiomelanocortin.

(Corticotroph Cell, NCI Thesaurus)