Tag: Ancient Greek medicine
Hypophysis. From outgrowth, to ocular disorder to pituitary gland
Konstantinos Laios, George Androutsos, Maria Piagkou, Marilita M. Moschos
In ancient Greek the term ὑπόφυσις meant literally something growing from below, the word being composed of the two elements hypo (Greek: ὑπό, below) and phyomai (φύομαι, grow). In ancient Greek medical literature we find this term with various meanings …