NEUROHYPOPHYSIS (neurohypophyses)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: neurohypophyses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurohypophysis mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROHYPOPHYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neurohypophysis; pars nervosa; posterior pituitary; posterior pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("neurohypophysis" 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 "neurohypophysis"):

pars intermedia (a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary)

Holonyms ("neurohypophysis" 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 

A generally benign intrasellar and/or suprasellar mass arising from the neurohypophysis or infundibulum.

(Granular Cell Tumor of the Neurohypophysis, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Along with its carrier protein, neurophysin II, it is packaged into neurosecretory vesicles and transported axonally to the nerve endings in the neurohypophysis where it is either stored or secreted into the bloodstream.

(Arginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II Preproprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

An extremely rare, WHO grade I, circumscribed and slow-growing tumor that arises from the neurohypophysis or infundibulum and described in adults.

(Pituicytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Octapeptide antidiuretic hormones released by the neurohypophysis of all vertebrates (chemical composition varies with species).

(Argipressin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)