PARS INTERMEDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pars intermedia mean? 

• PARS INTERMEDIA (noun)
  The noun PARS INTERMEDIA has 1 sense:

1. a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary

  Familiarity information: PARS INTERMEDIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARS INTERMEDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pars intermedia" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pars intermedia" is a part of...):

neurohypophysis; pars nervosa; posterior pituitary; posterior pituitary gland (the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

 Context examples 

Levels of pituitary hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus, anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland, and by the pars intermedia.

(Pituitary Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)