pituitary

English edit

Etymology edit

1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/, /pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛɹi/

Adjective edit

pituitary (not comparable)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
Mucous.
Synonyms: pituital, pituitous

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

of or pertaining to the pituitary gland

Bulgarian: хипофизен (hipofizen)
Catalan: pituïtari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦垂體的／脑垂体的 (zh) (nǎochuítǐ de), 垂體的／垂体的 (zh) (chuítǐ de)
Dutch: hypofysaal
Esperanto: hipofiza
French: pituitaire (fr) m or f, hypophysaire (fr) m or f
Gujarati: કફોત્પાદક (kaphotpādak)
Icelandic: dingul-
Ido: hipofizala
Irish: piotútach
Portuguese: pituitário, hipofisário
Spanish: pituitario
Welsh: pitwidol

Noun edit

pituitary (plural pituitaries)

(anatomy) The pituitary gland.
(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
(medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.

Synonyms edit

hypophysis

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

pituitary gland

Bulgarian: хипофиза f (hipofiza)
Finnish: aivolisäke (fi)
French: hypophyse (fr) f
German: Hypophyse (de) f
Icelandic: dingull m, heiladingull (is) m
Marathi: पियुषिका ग्रंथी f (piyuṣikā granthī)
Polish: przysadka f
Portuguese: hipófise (pt) f
Russian: гипофиз (ru) m (gipofiz)
Serbo-Croatian: Hipofiza f
Swedish: hypofys (sv) c
Ukrainian: гіпо́фіз m (hipófiz), нижній придаток мозку m (nyžnij prydatok mozku)
Welsh: chwarren bitwidol f, pitŵitari m

pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦垂體／脑垂体 (nǎochuítǐ), 垂體／垂体 (zh) (chuítǐ)
Dutch: hypofyse (nl)

extract from the pituitary gland

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