Associations to the word «Hypophysectomy»

Wiktionary

HYPOPHYSECTOMY, noun. (surgery) the surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland)

Dictionary definition

HYPOPHYSECTOMY, noun. Surgical removal of the pituitary gland.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats