Usually means: Regulates hormones, master endocrine gland.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word pituitary gland:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pituitary gland: Merriam-Webster
  2. pituitary gland: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pituitary gland: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pituitary gland: Vocabulary.com
  5. pituitary gland: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pituitary gland: Wiktionary
  7. pituitary gland: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. pituitary gland: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. pituitary gland: Dictionary.com
  10. Pituitary Gland, Pituitary gland: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pituitary gland: Rhymezone
  12. pituitary gland: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pituitary gland: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pituitary gland: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pituitary gland: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pituitary gland: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. pituitary gland: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Gland, pituitary, Pituitary gland: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Pituitary gland: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. pituitary gland: Medical dictionary
  12. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  13. Gland, pituitary, Pituitary gland: Drug Medical Dictionary
  14. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)
  15. pituitary gland: Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pituitary gland: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See pituitary_glands as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pituitary gland)

noun:  (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.

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