单词 | pituitary |
释义 | pituitary From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Humanpituitarypi‧tu‧i‧ta‧ry /pəˈtjuːətəri $ -ˈtuːəteri/ (also pituitary gland) noun (plural pituitaries) [countable]HBHthe small organ at the base of your brain which produces hormones that control the growth and development of your body —pituitary adjectiveExamples from the Corpuspituitary• This also does not effect any control over the anterior pituitary.• Among the patients with apparently normal pituitaries or a microadenoma the highest prolactin concentration was 4200 mU/l.• Axons from this same area project into the posterior pituitary.Origin pituitary (1600-1700) Latin pituitarius, from pituita “mucus” |
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