English
Etymology
pineal + gland , from its pine-cone shape.
Pronunciation
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Noun
pineal gland (plural pineal glands )
( anatomy ) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
small endocrine gland
Arabic: غُدَّة الصَنَوْبَرِيَّة f ( ḡudda(t) aṣ-ṣanawbariyya )
Azerbaijani: əzgiləbənzər cisim , epifiz
Basque: guruin pineal
Catalan: glàndula pineal f , epífisi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 松果腺 (zh) ( sōngguǒxiàn )
Czech: šišinka (cs) f , epifýza f
Dhivehi: ޕިނިއަލް ގްލޭންޑް ( pinial glēn̊ḍ )
Dutch: epifyse (nl) f , pijnappelklier (nl) m or f
Finnish: käpyrauhanen (fi) , epifyysi
French: glande pinéale (fr) f
Galician: glándula pineal f
German: Zirbeldrüse (de) f
Greek: κωνάριον n ( konárion ) , επίφυση (el) f ( epífysi )
Hebrew: בלוטת האצטרובל
Hindi: पीनियल ग्रंथि ( pīniyal granthi )
Hungarian: tobozmirigy (hu)
Irish: faireog phinéalach f
Italian: ghiandola pineale f
Japanese: 松果体 ( しょうかたい, shōkatai ) , 松果腺 ( しょうかせん, shōkasen )
Kabuverdianu:
Badiu : glândula pinial f
Santiago : glândula pinial f
São Vicente : glândula p’nial , glândula pinial f
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Korean: 송과선 (ko) ( songgwaseon ) (松果腺 (ko) )
Latin: glandula pinealis f
Latvian: epifīze f
Lithuanian: kankorėžinė liauka (lt)
Macedonian: епифиза f ( epifiza )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konglekjertel m , epifyse (no) m
Nynorsk: epifyse m
Polish: szyszynka (pl) f
Portuguese: glândula pineal (pt) f
Russian: шишкови́дная железа́ f ( šiškovídnaja železá ) , эпифи́з (ru) m ( epifíz )
Slovak: šuškovité teliesko
Slovene: češarika f
Spanish: glándula pineal f
Swedish: tallkottkörteln c
Turkish: epifiz (tr)
Ukrainian: епіфі́з m ( epifíz )
Vietnamese: tuyến tùng