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Pituitrin Med.|pɪˈtjuːɪtrɪn|
Also pituitrin.
[f. pituitary a. + -in1.]
a. A proprietary name for an extract of the posterior lobe of the pituitary body which contains the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin.
†b. A name proposed for the hormone formerly thought to be present in this extract but now recognized as a mixture. Obs.
1909Progressive Med. IV. 318 The extract of the pituitary body has been prepared by Parke, Davis & Co., under the name of pituitrin. 1909Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) Dec. 297/2 Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich. Filed July 26, 1909. Pituitrin... Cardio-vascular stimulants and diuretics. 1922B. Harrow Glands 55 We have given the name ‘pituitrin’ to the hormone (or hormones) present in the posterior lobe of the pituitary... This hormone has not been isolated in the pure state. 1924G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xix, A precise and convenient regulation of her health and her desires by a nicely calculated diet of thyroid extract, adrenalin, thymin, pituitrin, and insulin. 1924Trade Marks Jrnl. 3 Sept. 1953 Pituitrin... A pharmaceutical preparation of the pituitary gland for human use. Parke, Davis & Company, Detroit, State of Michigan, United States of America; and..London,..pharmaceutical chemists. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. viii. 163 The posterior part [of the pituitary gland] produces a hormone, pituitrin, which affects smooth muscle. 1973Exper. Eye Res. XVII. 3 When injected intravenously in intact animals, pituitrin produces a rise of intraocular pressure coincident with a rise in blood pressure. |