"pituita" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɪˈtjuːɪtə/ [UK]
Etymology: From Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). Doublet of pip. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pītuīta||mucus, phlegm}} Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”), {{doublet|en|pip}} Doublet of pip Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pituita (uncountable)
  1. (medicine, now only historical) Phlegm; mucus. Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pituita-en-noun-NwTF8i~z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Medicine, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 1 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 1 43 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: Unknown. Has been related to *peyH- (“fat”) but not convincing. Perhaps imitative, compare ptui, πτύω (ptúō). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown Head templates: {{la-noun|pītuīta<1>}} pītuīta f (genitive pītuītae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pītuīta<1>}} Forms: pītuīta [canonical, feminine], pītuītae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pītuīta [nominative, singular], pītuītae [nominative, plural], pītuītae [genitive, singular], pītuītārum [genitive, plural], pītuītae [dative, singular], pītuītīs [dative, plural], pītuītam [accusative, singular], pītuītās [accusative, plural], pītuītā [ablative, singular], pītuītīs [ablative, plural], pītuīta [singular, vocative], pītuītae [plural, vocative]
  1. mucus, phlegm Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-pituita-la-noun-uxpLU0~L
  2. rheum, head cold Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-pituita-la-noun-x-4Ntm6o Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Bodily fluids Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 34 66 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 19 81

Alternative forms

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