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Pituitary

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Pituitary has 1 sense

Adjective Pituitary has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pituitarya. [L. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf. F. pituitarie.].
     Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.  [1913 Webster]
Pituitary body or Pituitary gland (Anat.), a a small, somewhat cherry-shaped endocrine gland, situated in the pituitary fossa, and suspended from the base of the hypothalamus; the hypophysis; -- called also glandula pituitaria, and basilaris. It secretes th pituitary hormones: oxytocin; vasopresin; antidiuretic hormone; luteinizing hormone; somatotropins; prolactin; thyroid stimulating hormone; gonadotropins; adrenal corticotropin and other peptide hormones. It affects all hormonal functions, and is thus called the “master gland”. -- Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pituitary, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. -ies) (also pituitary gland or body) a small ductless gland at the base of the brain secreting various hormones essential for growth and other bodily functions.
--adj. of or relating to this gland.

Etymology
L pituitarius secreting phlegm f. pituita phlegm
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