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posterior pituitary gland
Overview of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
The noun posterior pituitary gland has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa -- (the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
=> endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
=> gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter
=> organ
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
=> endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
Antonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Member Holonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Substance Holonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Part Holonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
PART OF: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
Member Meronyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Substance Meronyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Part Meronyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
Meronyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
Holonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
PART OF: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
Attributes of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Derived Forms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Domain of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Domain Terms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
Familiarity of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
posterior pituitary gland used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
> endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
=> thyroid gland, thyroid
=> parathyroid gland, parathyroid
=> adrenal gland, adrenal, suprarenal gland
=> prostate gland, prostate
=> thymus gland, thymus
=> pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
=> anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis
=> pars distilis, pars anterior
=> pars intermedia
=> posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
=> pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis
=> islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans
=> adrenal cortex
=> adrenal medulla
=> corpus luteum
=> gonad, sex gland
Meronyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
=> endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
=> gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter
HAS PART: acinus
=> organ
HAS PART: lobe
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun posterior-pituitary-gland
1 sense of posterior pituitary gland
Sense 1
posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
PART OF: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
PART OF: diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
PART OF: forebrain, prosencephalon
PART OF: brain, encephalon
PART OF: head, caput
PART OF: body, organic structure, physical structure
PART OF: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
PART OF: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
PART OF: nervous system, systema nervosum
PART OF: body, organic structure, physical structure
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