pituita

English

Etymology

From Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɪˈtjuːɪtə/

Noun

pituita (plural pituitas)

1. (medicine, obsolete except historical) Phlegm; mucus.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 148:

     Pituita, or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder part of the chylus [...].