hypophyseal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the hypophysis

   Synonymshypophysial

Questions about hypophyseal

What does hypophyseal mean?

hypophyseal means "of or relating to the hypophysis".

How many syllables are in hypophyseal?

hypophyseal has 5 syllables: hy-po-phy-se-al. The stress falls on "phy".

What is another word for hypophyseal?

Close synonyms include hypophysial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypophyseal a common word?

hypophyseal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.