pituitary

Etymology
1610s, from, from , possibly from. Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
 * 2) Mucous.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: хипофизен
 * Catalan: pituïtari
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 腦垂體,
 * Dutch: hypofysaal
 * Esperanto: hipofiza
 * French: ,
 * Gujarati: કફોત્પાદક
 * Icelandic: dingull
 * Ido: hipofizala
 * Irish: piotútach
 * Portuguese: pituitário, hipofisário
 * Spanish: pituitario
 * Welsh: pitwidol

Noun

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

Derived terms

 * hypothalamopituitary
 * hypothalamopituitary
 * hypothalamopituitary

Translations

 * Bulgarian: хипофиза
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: dingull,
 * Marathi: पियुषिका ग्रंथी
 * Polish: przysadka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: Hipofiza
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: гіпо́фіз, нижній придаток мозку
 * Welsh: chwarren bitwidol, pitŵitari


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 腦垂體,
 * Dutch: