Word Meanings - PITUITARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities. Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. Pituitary body or gland , a glandlike body of unknown function, situated

Additional info about word: PITUITARY

Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities. Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. Pituitary body or gland , a glandlike body of unknown function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and connected with the infundibulum of the brain; the hypophysis. -- Pituitary fossa , the ephippium.

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• GLANDULAR
  Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
• GLANDULOSITY
  Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. Sir T. Browne.
• SECRETE
  To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See
• MUCUS
  A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
• MEMBRANE
  A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of
• GLAND
  The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. (more info) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the
• SECRETARY
  secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public
• FUNCTION; FUNCTIONATE
  To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
• PHLEGMATICALLY
  In a phlegmatic manner.
• SITUATE
  To place. Landor.
• NASALLY
  In a nasal manner; by the nose.
• GLANDAGE
  A feeding on nuts or mast. Crabb.
• PHLEGMATICLY
  Phlegmatically.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• SECRET
  segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. Shak. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deut.
• GLANDERED
  Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu
• NASALIZE
  To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in.
• FUNCTION
  The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the
• MEMBRANEOUS
  See MEMBRANOUS
• GLANDULOUS
  Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• KINGLINESS
  The state or quality of being kingly.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• POORLINESS
  The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
• ZOLLNER'S LINES
  Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.