pituitary gland

English

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Noun

pituitary gland ‎(plural pituitary glands)

1. (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.

Translations

endocrine gland

• Catalan: glàndula pituïtària f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 垂體 (zh), 垂体 (zh) ‎(chuítǐ)

• Czech: podvěsek mozkový m, hypofýza (cs) f
• Dutch: hypofyse (nl)
• Finnish: aivolisäke
• French: glande pituitaire f, hypophyse (fr) f
• German: Hypophyse (de) f, Hirnanhangsdrüse f
• Hungarian: agyalapi mirigy (hu)
• Icelandic: heiladingull (is) m, dingull m
• Irish: faireog phiotútach f, hipifiseas m, hipifis f
• Italian: ipofisi (it) f, ghiandola pituitaria f

• Japanese: 下垂体 ‎(かすいたい, kasuitai), 脳下垂体 ‎(のうかすいたい, nōkasuitai)
• Latin: glandula pituitaria f
• Maori: repe whakatupu, repe tupu
• Norwegian: hypofyse m
• Polish: przysadka mózgowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipófise (pt)
• Russian: гипо́физ (ru) m ‎(gipófiz), питуита́рная железа́ f ‎(pituitárnaja železá), мозгово́й прида́ток m ‎(mozgovój pridátok), прида́ток мо́зга m ‎(pridátok mózga)
• Spanish: glándula pituitaria f
• Swedish: hypofys (sv) c

Synonyms

• glandula pituitaria
• hypophysis
• master gland
• pituitary body

See also

• adenohypophysis
• neurohypophysis
• acromegaly
• gigantism