See Also: tentorium of hypophysis(medicine)
tentorium(dictionary)
tentorium(medicine)
notch of tentorium(medicine)
Hypophysis(health)
hypophysis(dictionary)
hypophysis(medicine)
pharyngeal hypophysis(medicine)
hypophysis cerebri(medicine)
hypophysis sicca(medicine)

assistant (iou) and tentorium of hypophysis (medicine)


assistant (iou)



assistant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or medieval Latin assistent- pres. ppl stem of assistere: see ASSIST verb, -ANT1, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Helping, auxiliary, subordinate, (to). LME.
assistant manager, assistant master, assistant mistress, assistant professor, assistant secretary, etc.
Standing by, present, accompanying. L15-L17.
b. noun.
A helper; a supporter; a subordinate worker. LME.
editorial assistant, shop assistant, etc.
A person who is present, a bystander, a participant. L15-M19.
assistancy noun = assistantship E17.
assistantship noun the position or office of an assistant E17.

tentorium of hypophysis (medicine)


tentorium of hypophysis -->
diaphragm of sella


A fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella turcica and roofing over the hypophyseal fossa; it is perforated in its centre for the passage of the infundibulum.

Synonym: diaphragma sellae, diaphragm sellae, tentorium of hypophysis.