pituitary gland

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Noun

pituitary gland (plural pituitary glands)

(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.
Synonyms: glandula pituitaria, hypophysis, master gland, pituitary body

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

Armenian: հիպոֆիզ (hy) (hipofiz)
Catalan: glàndula pituïtària f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 垂體／垂体 (zh) (chuítǐ)
Czech: podvěsek mozkový (cs) m, hypofýza (cs) f
Dutch: hypofyse (nl)
Esperanto: hipofizo
Finnish: aivolisäke (fi)
French: glande pituitaire f, hypophyse (fr) f
Galician: glándula pituitaria f
German: Hypophyse (de) f, Hirnanhangsdrüse f, Hirnanhangdrüse f, Hirnanhang m
Hebrew: בלוטת יותרת המוח‎
Hungarian: agyalapi mirigy (hu)
Icelandic: heiladingull (is) m, dingull m
Ido: hipofizo (io)
Irish: faireog phiotútach f, hipifiseas m, hipifis f
Italian: ipofisi (it) f, ghiandola pituitaria f
Japanese: 下垂体 (かすいたい, kasuitai), 脳下垂体 (のうかすいたい, nōkasuitai)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hîpofîz f
Latin: glandula pituitaria f
Maori: repe whakatupu, repe tupu
Mongolian: өнчин тархи (önčin tarxi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hypofyse m
Nynorsk: hypofyse m
Polish: przysadka mózgowa (pl) f
Portuguese: hipófise (pt)
Romanian: hipofiză (ro) f, glandă hipofiză (ro) f
Russian: гипо́физ (ru) m (gipófiz), питуита́рная железа́ f (pituitárnaja železá), мозгово́й прида́ток m (mozgovój pridátok), прида́ток мо́зга m (pridátok mózga)
Spanish: glándula pituitaria f
Swedish: hypofys (sv) c
Thai: ต่อมใต้สมอง (dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng)
Ukrainian: гіпо́фіз m (hipófiz), нижній придаток мозку m (nyžnij prydatok mozku)
Vietnamese: tuyến yên

pituitary gland

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