pituitary
脑垂体,垂体,脑垂体瘤,垂体的
Definitions
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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.
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- : of, relating to, or involving the pituitary gland.
- : noting a physical type of abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from excessive pituitary secretion.
Examples
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.