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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf F. pin['e]ale.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. {Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also {pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epiphysis \E*piph"y*sis\, n.; pl {Epiphyses}. [NL., fr Gr 'epi`fysis, fr 'epify`ein to grow upon 'epi` upon + fy`ein to grow.] (Anat.) a The end or other superficial part of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or {diaphysis}. b The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See {Pineal gland}, under {Pineal}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epiphysis n : the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused
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