"pituita" meaning in Latin

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Noun

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: 11 89 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 64 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 19 81
     
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