Usually means: Gland controlling hormones, growth, metabolism.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word Pituitary:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. pituitary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pituitary: Merriam-Webster
  3. pituitary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pituitary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pituitary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pituitary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pituitary, pituitary: Wordnik
  8. pituitary (gland): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pituitary: Wiktionary
  10. pituitary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pituitary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pituitary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pituitary: Dictionary.com
  14. pituitary (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pituitary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pituitary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pituitary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pituitary: Rhymezone
  19. Pituitary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pituitary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pituitary: FreeDictionary.org
  22. pituitary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pituitary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pituitary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. pituitary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Pituitary: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. pituitary: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
  5. pituitary: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. pituitary: Medical dictionary
  8. Pituitary: Drug Medical Dictionary

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

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pituitary)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
▸ adjective:  Mucous.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
▸ noun:  (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.

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pituitary body, hypophysis, pituitary gland, acromegalic, unshapely, hypophysial, adenopituitary, hypothalamic, hypothalamopituitary, hypopituitary, more...

Opposite:
non-hormonal, peripheral, external, systemic, general

Phrases:
pituitary gland, anterior pituitary, Posterior pituitary, pituitary hormones, pituitary tumors, more...

Adjectives:
anterior, posterior, human, normal, fetal, hypothalamic, rat, bovine, intact, intermediate, male

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Similar:
pituitary body, hypophysis, pituitary gland, acromegalic, unshapely, hypophysial, adenopituitary, hypothalamic, hypothalamopituitary, hypopituitary, more...

Opposite:
non-hormonal, peripheral, external, systemic, general

Phrases:
pituitary gland, anterior pituitary, Posterior pituitary, pituitary hormones, pituitary tumors, Pituitary adenoma, pituitary tumor, pituitary glands, Pituitary stalk, pituitary extract, pituitary body, more...

Adjectives:
anterior, posterior, human, normal, fetal, hypothalamic, rat, bovine, intact, intermediate, male

Colors:
    blue,     purple,     pink,     lavender,     lilac, more...



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