pituitary

[pi-too-i-ter-ee, -tyoo-]

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noun

plural

pituitaries

pituitary gland.
Pharmacology.��the extract obtained from the lobes of the pituitary glands of hogs, sheep, and other domestic animals: the posterior lobe constituent increases blood pressure, contracts stomach muscles, etc., and the anterior lobe constituent regulates growth of the skeleton.

adjective

of, relating to, or involving the pituitary gland.
noting a physical type of abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from excessive pituitary secretion.

pituitary

/ -trɪ, pɪˈtjuːɪtərɪ /

noun

See pituitary gland pituitary extract

adjective

of or relating to the pituitary gland
archaic��of or relating to phlegm or mucus

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Other Word Forms

postpituitary adjective
prepituitary adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pituitary¹

First recorded in 1605–15, pituitary is from the Latin word ��ī�ٳ�ī��ܲ� pertaining to or secreting phlegm. See pip ², -ary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pituitary¹

C17: from Late Latin ��ī�ٳ�ī��ܲ� slimy, from ��ī�ٳ�ī�ٲ� phlegm

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Sitting just underneath the hypothalamus is the body's hormone factory - the pituitary gland.

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The reviewers were particularly concerned with the compound’s potential to harm pregnant women and children, as well as its effect on the pituitary gland.

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He said a non-cancerous tumour had been found on his pituitary gland in his brain.

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Very rarely, the syndrome can be caused by the body producing too much cortisol, caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland in the brain or in one of the adrenal glands above the kidneys.

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There he became interested in a leading problem of the day — that of how the brain controls the pituitary gland, the maestro organ that cues production of the body’s other major glands.

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Pitt Street Farmer pituitary body

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