English-Thai Dictionary

pituitary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ต่อมใต้สมอง  kiao-kab-tom-tai-sa-mong

 

pituitary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ร่างกาย ใหญ่โต ผิดปกติ เพราะ ฮอร์โมน จาก ต่อมใต้สมอง ผิดปกติ  kiao-kab-rang-kai-yai-to-pid-pok-ka-ti

 

pituitary

N ต่อมใต้สมอง  tom-tai-sa-mong

 

pituitary gland

N ต่อมใต้สมอง  tom-tai-sa-mong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITUITARY

a.[L. pituita, phlegm, rheum; Gr. to spit. ] That secretes phlegm or mucus; as the pituitary membrane.
The pituitary gland is a small oval body on the lower side of the brain, supposed by the ancients to secrete the mucus of the nostrils.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PITUITARY

Pi *tu "i *ta *ry, a. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pituitary

pi tu i tar y |pəˈt (y )o͞oəˌterē pəˈt (j )uəˌtɛri | ▶noun ( pl. pituitaries ) (in full pituitary gland or pituitary body ) the major endocrine gland. A pea-sized body attached to the base of the brain, the pituitary is important in controlling growth and development and the functioning of the other endocrine glands. Also called hypophysis. ▶adjective of or relating to this gland. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin pituitarius ‘secreting phlegm, ’ from pituita ‘phlegm. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pituitary

pituitary |pɪˈtjuːɪt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. pituitaries ) (in full pituitary gland or pituitary body ) the major endocrine gland, a pea-sized body attached to the base of the brain that is important in controlling growth and development and the functioning of the other endocrine glands. Also called hypophysis. ▶adjective relating to the pituitary gland. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin pituitarius ‘secreting phlegm ’, from pituita ‘phlegm ’.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pituita

pituita nombre femenino Humor viscoso y acuoso que segregan ciertos órganos, especialmente las membranas de la nariz y los bronquios .

 

pituitario, -ria

pituitario, -ria adjetivo 1 Que contiene o segrega pituita .2 nombre femenino anat Glándula que está en la base del cráneo y se encarga de controlar la actividad de otras glándulas y de regular determinadas funciones del cuerpo, como el desarrollo o la actividad sexual .También glándula pituitaria .SINÓNIMO hipófisis .3 anat Membrana que reviste el interior de las fosas nasales .También membrana pituitaria .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pituitary

pi tu i tar y /pɪtúːətèri |-tjú (ː )it (ə )ri /形容詞 脳下垂体の .名詞 複 -ies C 〘解剖 〙脳下垂体 (pituitary gland [body ]).