pituitary

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
2. (not-comparable) Mucous.

Noun

1. The pituitary gland.
2. The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
3. An extract from the pituitary gland.

Conceptes

pituïtari

pituïtària

glàndula pituïtària

Sinònims

pituitary gland

pituitary body

mucilaginous

mucous

pituitous

hypophysis

phlegmatic

hypophyseal

humoral

Traduccions

hypophyse

pituitaria

pituitaire

schleimabsondernd

pituitario

Hypophyse

نخامي

pituitär

pituitario

ghiandola pituitaria

hypofyse

hipófise

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.