Meanings
nounpituitary gland (plural pituitary glands)
plural pituitary glands
- anatomyAn endocrine gland in vertabrates, which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, maturation, and metabolism.
Synonyms: glandula pituitaria, hypophysis, master gland, pituitary body
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn endocrine gland in vertabrates, which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, maturation, and metabolism.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic الغُدَّة النُخَامِيَّة
- الغُدَّة النُخَامِيَّةendocrine gland of the brain
Catalan glàndula pituïtària
- glàndula pituïtàriaendocrine gland of the brain
Chinese Cantonese 腦下垂體 /脑下垂体
- 腦下垂體 /脑下垂体 (nou⁵ haa⁶ seoi⁴ tai²)endocrine gland of the brain
Chinese Mandarin 腦下垂體 /脑下垂体, 腦垂體 /脑垂体
- 腦下垂體 /脑下垂体 (nǎoxiàchuítǐ)endocrine gland of the brain
- 腦垂體 /脑垂体endocrine gland of the brain
- 垂體 /垂体 (chuítǐ)endocrine gland of the brain
Czech podvěsek mozkový, hypofýza
- podvěsek mozkovýendocrine gland of the brain
- hypofýzaendocrine gland of the brain
Dutch hypofyse
- hypofyseendocrine gland of the brain
Esperanto hipofizo
- hipofizoendocrine gland of the brain
Finnish aivolisäke
- aivolisäkeendocrine gland of the brain
French glande pituitaire, hypophyse
- glande pituitaireendocrine gland of the brain
- hypophyseendocrine gland of the brain
German Hypophyse, Hirnanhangsdrüse
- Hypophyseendocrine gland of the brain
- Hirnanhangsdrüseendocrine gland of the brain
- Hirnanhangdrüseendocrine gland of the brain
- Hirnanhangendocrine gland of the brain
Hebrew בלוטת יותרת המוח
- בלוטת יותרת המוחendocrine gland of the brain
Hungarian agyalapi mirigy
- agyalapi mirigyendocrine gland of the brain
Icelandic heiladingull, dingull
- heiladingullendocrine gland of the brain
- dingullendocrine gland of the brain
Indonesian hipofisis
- hipofisisendocrine gland of the brain
Irish faireog phiotútach, hipifiseas
- faireog phiotútachendocrine gland of the brain
- hipifiseasendocrine gland of the brain
- hipifisendocrine gland of the brain
Italian ipofisi, ghiandola pituitaria
- ipofisiendocrine gland of the brain
- ghiandola pituitariaendocrine gland of the brain
Japanese 下垂体, 脳下垂体
- 下垂体 (kasuitai)endocrine gland of the brain
- 脳下垂体 (nōkasuitai)endocrine gland of the brain
Latin glandula pituitaria
- glandula pituitariaendocrine gland of the brain
Māori repe whakatupu, repe tupu
- repe whakatupuendocrine gland of the brain
- repe tupuendocrine gland of the brain
Norwegian Bokmål hypofyse
- hypofyseendocrine gland of the brain
Persian غدهٔ زیرمغزی, هیپوفیز
- غدهٔ زیرمغزی (ɣodde-ye zīrmaɣzī)endocrine gland of the brain
- هیپوفیز (hīpofīz)endocrine gland of the brain
Polish przysadka mózgowa, przysadka
- przysadka mózgowaendocrine gland of the brain
- przysadkaendocrine gland of the brain
Portuguese hipófise
- hipófiseendocrine gland of the brain
Romanian hipofiză, glandă hipofiză
- hipofizăendocrine gland of the brain
- glandă hipofizăendocrine gland of the brain
Russian гипо́физ, питуита́рная железа́
- гипо́физ (gipófiz)endocrine gland of the brain
- питуита́рная железа́ (pituitárnaja železá)endocrine gland of the brain
- мозгово́й прида́ток (mozgovój pridátok)endocrine gland of the brain
- прида́ток мо́зга (pridátok mózga)endocrine gland of the brain
Spanish glándula pituitaria
- glándula pituitariaendocrine gland of the brain
Swedish hypofys
- hypofysendocrine gland of the brain
Thai ต่อมใต้สมอง
- ต่อมใต้สมอง (dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng)endocrine gland of the brain
Turkish hipofiz
- hipofizendocrine gland of the brain
Ukrainian гіпо́фіз, нижній придаток мозку
- гіпо́фіз (hipófiz)endocrine gland of the brain
- нижній придаток мозку (nyžnij prydatok mozku)endocrine gland of the brain
Vietnamese tuyến yên
- tuyến yênendocrine gland of the brain
Welsh chwarren bitwidol
- chwarren bitwidolendocrine gland of the brain
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