- See pituitary gland
of or relating to the pituitary gland
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pi•tu•i•tar•y /pɪˈtuɪˌtɛri, -ˈtyu-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -tar•ies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Anatomy[countable] pituitary gland.
- Drugs[uncountable] a chemical substance taken from pituitary glands for use as a medicine.
pi•tu•i•tar•y
(pi to̅o̅′i ter′ē, -tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tar•ies, adj.
n.
adj.
n.
- AnatomySee pituitary gland.
- Drugs[Pharm.]the extract obtained from the lobes of the pituitary glands of hogs, sheep, and other domestic animals: the posterior lobe constituent increases blood pressure, contracts stomach muscles, etc., and the anterior lobe constituent regulates growth of the skeleton.
adj.
- Anatomyof, pertaining to, or involving the pituitary gland.
- Anatomy, Developmental Biology, Physical Anthropologynoting a physical type of abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from excessive pituitary secretion.
- Latin pītuītārius pertaining to or secreting phlegm. See pip2, -ary
- 1605–15
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'pituitary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ACTH
- Cushing
- FSH
- ICSH
- LH
- LHRH
- MSH
- Rathke's pouch
- acromegaly
- adenohypophysis
- anterior pituitary
- anterior pituitary luteotropin
- ateliosis
- beta-endorphin
- chromophobe
- corticotropin releasing factor
- downgrowth
- endocrine gland
- gigantism
- gonadotrophin
- gonadotropic
- gonadotropin releasing hormone
- growth hormone
- growth hormone releasing factor
- hyperpituitarism
- hypophysectomy
- hypophysis
- hypopituitarism
- hypothalamus
- infundibulum
- inhibin
- lipotropin
- luteinizing hormone
- neurohypophysis
- oxytocin
- pars intermedia
- pip
- pituitary body
- pituitary gland
- posterior pituitary
- prolactin
- somatotropin
- sphenoid bone
- thyrotropin
- thyrotropin-releasing hormone
- upgrowth
- vasopressin