pituitary

English

Etymology

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Latin pītuīta

Latin pītuītāriuslbor.

English pituitary

Learned borrowing from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). First attested in the 1610s. First attested as a noun by 1899. The term was adopted as the name for the gland, because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose.

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

pituitary (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: pituital, pituitous

Derived terms

• adenopituitary
• anterior pituitary
• apituitarism
• dyspituitarism
• extrapituitary
• hypopituitary
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical
• intrapituitary
• neuropituitary
• nonpituitary
• panhyperpituitarism
• pituicyte
• pituitary body
• pituitary gland
• pituitaryless

Translations

of or relating to the pituitary gland

• Arabic: نُخَامِيّ (nuḵāmiyy)
• Bulgarian: хипофизен (hipofizen)
• Catalan: pituïtari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦垂體的 / 脑垂体的 (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
• Polish: przysadkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: pituitário, hipofisário
• Spanish: pituitario
• Welsh: pitwidol

Noun

pituitary (plural pituitaries)

1. (anatomy) The pituitary gland; sometimes including together with the pituitary stalk.

   Synonym: hypophysis

2. (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.

Derived terms

• hyperpituitarism
• hypopituitarism
• hypothalamopituitary
• juxtapituitary
• pituitary gland

Translations

pituitary gland — see pituitary gland,‎ hypophysis

extract from the pituitary gland

• Polish: wydzielina przysadki mózgowej f