"pituitary gland" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pituitary glands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pituitary gland (plural pituitary glands)
  1. (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation. Wikidata QID: Q156871 Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: glandula pituitaria, hypophysis, master gland, pituitary body Derived forms: anterior pituitary gland, posterior pituitary gland Related terms: acromegaly, adenohypophysis, gigantism, neurohypophysis Translations (an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation): հիպոֆիզ (hipofiz) (Armenian), glàndula pituïtària [feminine] (Catalan), 腦下垂體 (Chinese Cantonese), 脑下垂体 (nou⁵ haa⁶ seoi⁴ tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 腦下垂體 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑下垂体 (nǎoxiàchuítǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 垂體 (Chinese Mandarin), 垂体 (chuítǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), podvěsek mozkový [masculine] (Czech), hypofýza [feminine] (Czech), hypofyse (Dutch), hipofizo (Esperanto), aivolisäke (Finnish), glande pituitaire [feminine] (French), hypophyse [feminine] (French), glándula pituitaria [feminine] (Galician), Hypophyse [feminine] (German), Hirnanhangsdrüse [feminine] (German), Hirnanhangdrüse [feminine] (German), Hirnanhang [masculine] (German), בלוטת יותרת המוח (Hebrew), agyalapi mirigy (Hungarian), heiladingull [masculine] (Icelandic), dingull [masculine] (Icelandic), hipofizo (Ido), faireog phiotútach [feminine] (Irish), hipifiseas [masculine] (Irish), hipifis [feminine] (Irish), ipofisi [feminine] (Italian), ghiandola pituitaria [feminine] (Italian), 下垂体 (kasuitai) (alt: かすいたい) (Japanese), 脳下垂体 (nōkasuitai) (alt: のうかすいたい) (Japanese), glandula pituitaria [feminine] (Latin), хипофиза (hipofiza) [feminine] (Macedonian), repe whakatupu (Maori), repe tupu (Maori), өнчин тархи (önčin tarxi) (Mongolian), hîpofîz [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hypofyse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hypofyse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przysadka mózgowa [feminine] (Polish), hipófise (Portuguese), hipofiză [feminine] (Romanian), glandă hipofiză [feminine] (Romanian), гипо́физ (gipófiz) [masculine] (Russian), питуита́рная железа́ (pituitárnaja železá) [feminine] (Russian), мозгово́й прида́ток (mozgovój pridátok) [masculine] (Russian), прида́ток мо́зга (pridátok mózga) [masculine] (Russian), glándula pituitaria [feminine] (Spanish), hypofys [common-gender] (Swedish), ต่อมใต้สมอง (dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng) (Thai), hipofiz (Turkish), гіпо́фіз (hipófiz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), нижній придаток мозку (nyžnij prydatok mozku) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tuyến yên (Vietnamese)

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          "word": "腦下垂體"
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "hipofizo"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "aivolisäke"
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hypophyse"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Hypophyse"
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "word": "Hirnanhang"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "בלוטת יותרת המוח"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "agyalapi mirigy"
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          "word": "faireog phiotútach"
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "ghiandola pituitaria"
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          "alt": "かすいたい",
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          "roman": "kasuitai",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "下垂体"
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          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "przysadka mózgowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "hipófise"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hipofiză"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glandă hipofiză"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gipófiz",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "гипо́физ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pituitárnaja železá",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "питуита́рная железа́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mozgovój pridátok",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мозгово́й прида́ток"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pridátok mózga",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прида́ток мо́зга"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glándula pituitaria"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hypofys"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "ต่อมใต้สมอง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "hipofiz"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hipófiz",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гіпо́фіз"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nyžnij prydatok mozku",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "нижній придаток мозку"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
          "word": "tuyến yên"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hipofiz",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "հիպոֆիզ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glàndula pituïtària"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "腦下垂體"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "nou⁵ haa⁶ seoi⁴ tai²",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "脑下垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "腦下垂體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǎoxiàchuítǐ",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "脑下垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "垂體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuítǐ",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podvěsek mozkový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hypofýza"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "hypofyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "hipofizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "aivolisäke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glande pituitaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hypophyse"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glándula pituitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hypophyse"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hirnanhangsdrüse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hirnanhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "בלוטת יותרת המוח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "agyalapi mirigy"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heiladingull"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dingull"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "hipofizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "faireog phiotútach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipifiseas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipifis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ipofisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ghiandola pituitaria"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かすいたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasuitai",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "下垂体"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうかすいたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōkasuitai",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "脳下垂体"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hîpofîz"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glandula pituitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hipofiza",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хипофиза"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "repe whakatupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "repe tupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "önčin tarxi",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "өнчин тархи"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypofyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hypofyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przysadka mózgowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "hipófise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hipofiză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glandă hipofiză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gipófiz",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гипо́физ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pituitárnaja železá",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "питуита́рная железа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mozgovój pridátok",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мозгово́й прида́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridátok mózga",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прида́ток мо́зга"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glándula pituitaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hypofys"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "ต่อมใต้สมอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "hipofiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hipófiz",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гіпо́фіз"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nyžnij prydatok mozku",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нижній придаток мозку"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation",
      "word": "tuyến yên"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pituitary gland"
}

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