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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pituitary \Pi*tu"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf
F. pituitarie.] (Anat.)
a Secreting mucus or phlegm; as the pituitary membrane, or
the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
b Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as the pituitary
fossa.
{Pituitary body} or {gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body of
unknown function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and
connected with the infundibulum of the brain; the
hypophysis.
{Pituitary fossa} (Anat.), the ephippium.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pituitary
adj 1: of or relating to the pituitary gland; "pituitary hormone"
2: having abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting
from abnormal pituitary secretion; "a protruding
acromegalic jaw"; "a pituitary dwarf" [syn: {acromegalic}]
n : the master gland of the endocrine system [syn: {pituitary
gland}, {pituitary body}, {hypophysis}]
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