pituitary

English

Adjective

pituitary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.

Translations

of or pertaining to the pituitary gland

• Catalan: pituïtari (ca)
• French: pituitaire (fr) m and f, hypophysaire (fr) m and f
• Icelandic: dingul- (is)

• Irish: piotútach (ga)
• Spanish: pituitario (es)

Noun

pituitary (plural pituitaries)

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

Translations

The pituitary gland

• Chinese:

  Taiwan: 腦下垂體腺

• Finnish: aivolisäke (fi)
• French: hypophyse (fr) f

• German: Hypophyse (de) f
• Icelandic: dingull (is) m, heiladingull (is) m
• Marathi: पियुषिका ग्रंथी (mr) (piyushika granthi) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Hipofiza (sh) f
• Swedish: hypofys (sv) c

The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk

• Chinese:

  Taiwan: 腦下垂體，即「腦下垂體腺」（pituitary gland）與「腦下垂體柄」（pituitary stalk）的合稱

An extract from the pituitary gland