"pituite" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pi.tɥit/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-pituite.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: pituites [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin pītuīta. Doublet of pépie. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:lbor|la:pītuīta}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "pītuīta", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "pituite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="pituite">, {{lbor|fr|la|pītuīta}} Learned borrowing from Latin pītuīta, {{doublet|fr|pépie}} Doublet of pépie Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pituite f (plural pituites)
  1. (historical) phlegm Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-pituite-fr-noun-63~ORkbp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (medicine) mucus Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pituite-fr-noun-VDLWlfBD Categories (other): Medicine, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 27 73 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pituitaire

Inflected forms

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