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pi⋅tu⋅i⋅tar⋅y

  [pi-too-i-ter-ee, -tyoo-] noun, plural -tar⋅ies, adjective
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–noun
1. pituitary gland.
2. Pharmacology. the extract obtained from the lobes of the pituitary glands of hogs, sheep, and other domestic animals: the posterior lobe constituent increases blood pressure, contracts stomach muscles, etc., and the anterior lobe constituent regulates growth of the skeleton.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or involving the pituitary gland.
4. noting a physical type of abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from excessive pituitary secretion.
Origin:
1605–15; < L pītuītārius pertaining to or secreting phlegm. See pip 2 , -ary
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pituitary  (adj.)
1615, from L. pituitarius "mucous," from pituita "phlegm, mucus." Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2pituitary
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tar·ies
1 : PITUITARY GLAND
2 : the cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe of the pituitary gland of cattlethat is used in the treatment of uterine atony and hemorrhage, shock, and intestinal paresis

Main Entry: post·pi·tu·i·tary
Pronunciation: -p&-'t(y)ü-&-"ter-E
Function: adjective
: arising in or derived fromthe posterior lobe of the pituitary gland <postpituitary extracts>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pituitary pi·tu·i·tar·y (pĭ-t&oomacr;'ĭ-těr'ē, -ty&oomacr;'-)
n.

  1. The pituitary gland.

  2. An extract from the anterior or posterior lobes of the pituitary gland, prepared for therapeutic use.

adj.

  1. Of or relating to the pituitary gland.

  2. Of or secreting phlegm or mucus; mucous.

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