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PITUITARY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does pituitary mean?

• PITUITARY (noun)
The noun PITUITARY has 1 sense:

1. the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

Familiarity information: PITUITARY used as a noun is very rare.

• PITUITARY (adjective)
The adjective PITUITARY has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the pituitary gland
2. having abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from abnormal pituitary secretion

Familiarity information: PITUITARY used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PITUITARY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("pituitary" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Meronyms (parts of "pituitary"):

hypophyseal stalk (the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus)

adenohypophysis; anterior pituitary; anterior pituitary gland (the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

neurohypophysis; pars nervosa; posterior pituitary; posterior pituitary gland (the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

Holonyms ("pituitary" is a part of...):

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

• PITUITARY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the pituitary gland

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

pituitary hormone

Pertainym:

pituitary (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from abnormal pituitary secretion

Synonyms:

acromegalic; pituitary

Context examples:

a protruding acromegalic jaw / a pituitary dwarf

Similar:

unshapely (not shapely; not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape)

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