pituitary

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

βλεννογόνος

υπόφυση

Συνώνυμα

pituitary gland

pituitary body

mucilaginous

mucous

pituitous

hypophysis

phlegmatic

hypophyseal

humoral

Μεταφράσεις

hypophyse

pituitaria

pituitaire

Hypophyse

pituitario

pituitär

نخامي

schleimabsondernd

ipofisi

pituitario

ghiandola pituitaria

hypofyse

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.