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Definition of Hypophysectomy
1. Noun. Surgical removal of the pituitary gland.
Derivative terms: Hypophysectomise, Hypophysectomize
Definition of Hypophysectomy
1. Noun. (surgery) the surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypophysectomy
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Medical Definition of Hypophysectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypophysectomy
Literary usage of Hypophysectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
":ts of hypophysectomy and TSH on Thyroidal ... In this paper, we report the jf
hypophysectomy and TSH admin- i on ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"SPECIAL ARTICLES ON THE NATURE OF THE PIGMENTATION CHANGES FOLLOWING hypophysectomy
IN THE FROG LARVA IT has been shown by Smith1 and by Allen* that the ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1922)
"Partial hypophysectomy apparently has no influence on the subsequent production
of typhoid agglutinins in guinea pigs. Series 2. ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"hypophysectomy AND GENITAL ATROPHY. AN EXPERIMENTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF
THE ADIPOSO-GENITAL SYNDROME. J. Camus and G. Roussy. ..."
5. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"It has been our impression that subsequent to a partial hypophysectomy in the
puppy there is a notable and permanent diminution in the number of these cells ..."
6. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Effect of Partial hypophysectomy.—Of particular interest are the results of ...
The lack of growth that follows partial hypophysectomy in young dogs is ..."
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