HYPOPHYSEAL STALK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hypophyseal stalk" is a kind of...):

infundibulum (any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk))

Holonyms ("hypophyseal stalk" is a part of...):

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)

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