Definition of Pituitery
Pi*tu"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. pituita
phlegm, pituite: cf. F. pituitarie.] (Anat.)
(a) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the
pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the
nasal cavities. (b) Of or pertaining to the
pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa.
Pituitary body or gland
(Anat.), a glandlike body of unknown function, situated in
the pituitary fossa, and connected with the infundibulum of the brain;
the hypophysis. -- Pituitary fossa
(Anat.), the ephippium.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
- The pituitary gland.
- (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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