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Word entry · 9 letters

pituitary

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"Master gland"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aiiprttuyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to the pituitary gland

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). First attested in the 1610s. First attested as a noun by 1899. The term was adopted as the name for the gland, because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose.

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