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herring body

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
her-ring -body
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neurosecretory structure found in the posterior pituitary, where hormones are temporarily stored. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus.

Etymology

They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.

Inflected Forms

Herring bodies (plural)

Questions

What does herring body mean?
A neurosecretory structure found in the posterior pituitary, where hormones are temporarily stored. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus.
Where does herring body come from?
They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.

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