hīˈpäfəsə̇s noun
( plural hypophyses -əˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, outgrowth, pituitary body (especially in hypophysis cerebri, literally, outgrowth of the brain), from Greek, outgrowth, attachment underneath, process of a bone, from hypophyein to grow up below, from hypo- + phyein to grow, produce, bring forth — more at be
1. also hypophysis ce·re·bri -səˈrēˌbrī, -ˈserəˌ- : pituitary gland
2.
a. : a cell or cells in a seed plant resulting from the transverse division of the next adjoining suspensor cell and giving rise to the tip of the root
b. : apophysis 2