"pituitary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/ [UK], /pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/ [UK], /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛɹi/ [US]
Etymology: 1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pītuītārius||mucous}} Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), {{m|la|pītuīta||clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime}} pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peyH-||to be fat, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pituitary (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (of or pertaining to the pituitary gland): хипофизен (hipofizen) (Bulgarian), pituïtari (Catalan), 腦垂體的 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑垂体的 (nǎochuítǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 垂體的 (Chinese Mandarin), 垂体的 (chuítǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), hypofysaal (Dutch), hipofiza (Esperanto), pituitaire [feminine, masculine] (French), hypophysaire [feminine, masculine] (French), કફોત્પાદક (kaphotpādak) (Gujarati), dingul- (Icelandic), hipofizala (Ido), piotútach (Irish), pituitário (Portuguese), hipofisário (Portuguese), pituitario (Spanish), pitwidol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pituitary-en-adj-kipnzAaq Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to the pituitary gland': 90 10
  2. Mucous. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pituital, pituitous
    Sense id: en-pituitary-en-adj-mtSt1aFJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anterior pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/ [UK], /pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/ [UK], /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛɹi/ [US] Forms: pituitaries [plural]
Etymology: 1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|pītuītārius||mucous}} Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), {{m|la|pītuīta||clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime}} pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*peyH-||to be fat, swell}} Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pituitary (plural pituitaries)
  1. (anatomy) The pituitary gland. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (pituitary gland): хипофиза (hipofiza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aivolisäke (Finnish), hypophyse [feminine] (French), Hypophyse [feminine] (German), dingull [masculine] (Icelandic), heiladingull [masculine] (Icelandic), पियुषिका ग्रंथी (piyuṣikā granthī) [feminine] (Marathi), przysadka [feminine] (Polish), hipófise [feminine] (Portuguese), гипофиз (gipofiz) [masculine] (Russian), Hipofiza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hypofys [common-gender] (Swedish), гіпо́фіз (hipófiz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), нижній придаток мозку (nyžnij prydatok mozku) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chwarren bitwidol [feminine] (Welsh), pitŵitari [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pituitary-en-noun-sU-qlD0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 15 28 17 21 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'pituitary gland': 44 24 32
  2. (anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk): 腦垂體 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑垂体 (nǎochuítǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 垂體 (Chinese Mandarin), 垂体 (chuítǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hypofyse (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-pituitary-en-noun-VMtXngWm Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk': 32 45 24
  3. (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-pituitary-en-noun-FLRjV5X0 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hypophysis Derived forms: pituitary gland, hypopituitarism, hyperpituitarism, hypothalamopituitary, juxtapituitary

Inflected forms

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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/pɪˈt͡ʃuːɪt(ə)ɹi/",
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        "UK"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "хипофизен"
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      "word": "pituïtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "腦垂體的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎochuítǐ de",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "脑垂体的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "垂體的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuítǐ de",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "垂体的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "hypofysaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "hipofiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pituitaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypophysaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kaphotpādak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "કફોત્પાદક"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "dingul-"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "hipofizala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "piotútach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "pituitário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "hipofisário"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "pituitario"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the pituitary gland",
      "word": "pitwidol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pituitary"
}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English uncomparable adjectives"
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      "word": "hypopituitarism"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperpituitarism"
    },
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      "word": "hypothalamopituitary"
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      "name": "der"
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        "en:Anatomy"
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        "The pituitary gland."
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        "(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk."
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hipofiza",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хипофиза"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "word": "aivolisäke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hypophyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hypophyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dingull"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heiladingull"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "piyuṣikā granthī",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पियुषिका ग्रंथी"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przysadka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipófise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipofiz",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гипофиз"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hipofiza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hypofys"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hipófiz",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гіпо́фіз"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nyžnij prydatok mozku",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нижній придаток мозку"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwarren bitwidol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pituitary gland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pitŵitari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk",
      "word": "腦垂體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎochuítǐ",
      "sense": "pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk",
      "word": "脑垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk",
      "word": "垂體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuítǐ",
      "sense": "pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk",
      "word": "垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk",
      "word": "hypofyse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pituitary"
}

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