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Herring body
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English
Herring bodies
Etymology
They were first described by Percy Theodore Herring in 1908.
Noun
en anatomy A neurosecretory structure found in the posterior pituitary, where hormones are temporarily stored. They represent the terminal end of the axons from the hypothalamus.
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