pituitary gland

English

Noun

pituitary gland (plural pituitary glands)

2. (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.

   Synonyms: glandula pituitaria, hypophysis, master gland, pituitary body

Derived terms

• anterior pituitary gland
• posterior pituitary gland

Translations

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

Arabic: الغُدَّة النُخَامِيَّة (al-ḡudda(t) an-nuḵāmiyya) Armenian: հիպոֆիզ (hy) (hipofiz) Catalan: glàndula pituïtària f Chinese: Cantonese: 腦下垂體 / 脑下垂体 (nou5 haa6 seoi4 tai2) Mandarin: 腦下垂體 / 脑下垂体 (zh) (nǎoxiàchuítǐ), 垂體 / 垂体 (zh) (chuítǐ) Czech: podvěsek mozkový (cs) m, hypofýza (cs) f Dutch: hypofyse (nl) Esperanto: hipofizo Finnish: aivolisäke (fi) French: glande pituitaire f, hypophyse (fr) f Galician: glándula pituitaria (gl) f German: Hypophyse (de) f, Hirnanhangsdrüse f, Hirnanhangdrüse f, Hirnanhang m Hebrew: בלוטת יותרת המוח Hungarian: agyalapi mirigy (hu) Icelandic: heiladingull (is) m, dingull m Ido: hipofizo (io) Irish: faireog phiotútach f, hipifiseas m, hipifis f Italian: ipofisi (it) f, ghiandola pituitaria f Japanese: 下垂体 (ja) (かすいたい, kasuitai), 脳下垂体 (ja) (のうかすいたい, nōkasuitai) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hîpofîz f Latin: glandula pituitaria f Macedonian: хипофиза f (hipofiza) Maori: repe whakatupu, repe tupu Mongolian: өнчин тархи (önčin tarxi) Norwegian: Bokmål: hypofyse m Nynorsk: hypofyse m Polish: przysadka mózgowa (pl) f, przysadka (pl) f Portuguese: hipófise (pt) Romanian: hipofiză (ro) f, glandă hipofiză (ro) f Russian: гипо́физ (ru) m (gipófiz), питуита́рная железа́ f (pituitárnaja železá), мозгово́й прида́ток m (mozgovój pridátok), прида́ток мо́зга m (pridátok mózga) Spanish: glándula pituitaria f Swedish: hypofys (sv) c Thai: ต่อมใต้สมอง (dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng) Turkish: hipofiz (tr) Ukrainian: гіпо́фіз m (hipófiz), нижній придаток мозку m (nyžnij prydatok mozku) Vietnamese: tuyến yên

See also

• acromegaly
• adenohypophysis
• gigantism
• neurohypophysis

Further reading

• pituitary gland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia