pituitary gland; hypophysis (endocrine gland of the brain) · hypophysis
çekim: çoğul hipófises
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. Portuguese hipófise Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις…
pituitary gland (an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation)
çekim: çoğul agyalapi mirigyek
köken: From agyalapi (“basicranial”) + mirigy (“gland”), from agy (“brain”) + alap (“base”) + -i (adjective-forming suffix).