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Rathke's pouch
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Rathke's pouch       [raht-kuhz] Pronunciation Key
–noun Embryology.
an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Also called Rathke's pocket.


[Origin: 1940–45; named after Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860), German anatomist]
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