pituitary

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

pituitaria

pituitario

Sinónimos

pituitary gland

pituitary body

mucilaginous

mucous

pituitous

hypophysis

phlegmatic

hypophyseal

humoral

Traducciones

hypophyse

نخامي

pituitär

schleimabsondernd

Hypophyse

pituitaire

pituitária

Hirnanhangsdrüse

Schleim…

βλεννογόνος

υπόφυση

pituïtari

balgam salgılayan

hypophysaire

Hypophyse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.