pituitary gland

English

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.

Synonyms

• glandula pituitaria
• hypophysis
• master gland
• pituitary body

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)
• Esperanto: hipofizo
• 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
• Ido: hipofizo (io)
• 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
• Mongolian: өнчин тархи (önčin tarhi)
• Norwegian: hypofyse m
• Polish: przysadka mózgowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipófise (pt)
• Romanian: hipofiză (ro) f, glandă hipofiză (ro) f
• 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

See also

• adenohypophysis
• neurohypophysis
• acromegaly
• gigantism