pituitary

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.

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