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Rathke's pouch

[ raht-kuhz ]

noun

, Embryology.
  1. an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rathke's pouch1

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

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