Usually means: Master gland controlling hormone release.
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  1. pituitary body: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Pituitary body: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pituitary body)

▸ noun:  The controlling gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.

Similar:
hypophysis, pituitary gland, pituitary, pineal gland, endbrain, cell body, brain, basal ganglion, appestat, hypothalamus, more...

Opposite:
pituitary gland, posterior pituitary, neurohypophysis

Types:
adenohypophysis, neurohypophysis, more...

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Similar:
hypophysis, pituitary gland, pituitary, pineal gland, endbrain, cell body, brain, basal ganglion, appestat, hypothalamus, more...

Opposite:
pituitary gland, posterior pituitary, neurohypophysis

Types:
adenohypophysis, neurohypophysis, more...



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