pituite
English
Etymology
From Latin pituita.
Noun
pituite
- mucus; phlegm
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pituite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pītuīta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.tɥit/
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Noun
pituite f (plural pituites)
- (historical) phlegm
- (medicine) mucus
Derived terms
- pituitaire
Further reading
- “pituite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.