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There are 15 words containing HYSIS

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS• adenohypophysis n. (Anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones…
• ADENOHYPOPHYSIS n. the anterior glandular lobe of the pituitary gland.
APOPHYSIS• apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
• apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale.
• apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
DIAPHYSIS• diaphysis n. (Anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.
• diaphysis n. (Botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
• DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone.
DIAPOPHYSIS• diapophysis n. (Anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra.
• DIAPOPHYSIS n. a dorsal transverse process of a vertebra.
EPIPHYSIS• epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The pineal gland.
• epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone.
• epiphysis n. (Zoology) A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin.
HYPOPHYSIS• hypophysis n. (Anatomy) The pituitary gland.
• hypophysis n. (Botany) The top cell of the suspensor in a dicot embryo, which will differentiate to form part of the root cap.
• HYPOPHYSIS n. the pituitary gland.
METHYSIS• METHYSIS n. drunkenness.
NEUROHYPOPHYSIS• neurohypophysis n. (Anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic…
• NEUROHYPOPHYSIS n. the portion of the pituitary gland that is composed of the infundibulum and posterior lobe and is concerned with the secretion of various hormones.
PARAPHYSIS• paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the…
• paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci.
• paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon.
PARAPOPHYSIS• parapophysis n. (Anatomy) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
• PARAPOPHYSIS n. a ventral transverse process of a vertebra.
PHYSIS• physis n. (Ancient Greek philosophy and theology) Nature, as contrasted with law or custom.
• physis n. (Anatomy) The epiphyseal plate, a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone…
• -physis suff. Growth or growing.
PLEURAPOPHYSIS• pleurapophysis n. A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib.
• PLEURAPOPHYSIS n. a lateral process of a vertebra, with the morphological character of a rib.
SYMPHYSIS• symphysis n. (Anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with…
• symphysis n. (Anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming…
• SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones.
SYNCHYSIS• synchysis n. (Poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil…
• synchysis n. (Rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence.
• synchysis n. A confused mixture.
ZYGAPOPHYSIS• zygapophysis n. (Anatomy) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two superior…
• ZYGAPOPHYSIS n. any of the yoke-pieces or articulations of the vertebrae.

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