pituitary

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

ipofisi

pituitario

ghiandola pituitaria

sinonimi

pituitary gland

pituitary body

mucilaginous

mucous

pituitous

hypophysis

phlegmatic

hypophyseal

humoral

Traduzioni

hypophyse

pituitaria

نخامي

pituitär

schleimabsondernd

Hypophyse

pituitaire

pituitario

Schleim…

βλεννογόνος

υπόφυση

pituïtària

balgam salgılayan

hypophysaire

Hypophyse

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.