pituitary 的 2 个定义
plural pi·tu·i·tar·ies.
- pituitary gland.
- Pharmacology. the extract obtained from the lobes of the pituitary glands of hogs, sheep, and other domestic animals: the posterior lobe constituent increases blood pressure, contracts stomach muscles, etc., and the anterior lobe constituent regulates growth of the skeleton.
- of, relating to, or involving the pituitary gland.
- noting a physical type of abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from excessive pituitary secretion.
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- Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
- HGH is a hormone normally made in tiny amounts by the pituitary gland in all of us.
- At the other end, a tumor of the pituitary can over-produce growth hormone and cause acromegaly.
- I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.
- He says, As the pituitary body is an integral part of the brain, so are the suprarenal bodies part of the sympathetic system.
- The origin of the pituitary body from the roof of the mouth was first described by Rathke .
- Between this skeleton and the pituitary body the important portion of the brain formed by the occipital lobes takes its origin.
- The coxal excretory organs at the base of the endognaths remain and become the pituitary body.