SINCE 1828
Rathke's pouch
noun
Rath·ke's pouch
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Medical Definition of Rathke's pouch
: a pouch of ectoderm that grows out from the upper surface of the embryonic stomodeum and gives rise to the adenohypophysis of the pituitary gland
— called also Rathke's pocket
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