PINEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pineal mean? 

• PINEAL (adjective)
  The adjective PINEAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to the pineal body

2. having the form of a pine cone

  Familiarity information: PINEAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINEAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the pineal body

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

pineal hormone

Pertainym:

pineal body (a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the form of a pine cone

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

 Context examples 

A WHO grade II or III pineal parenchymal neoplasm of intermediate-grade malignancy, affecting all ages.

(Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A germ cell tumor that arises in the pineal region.

(Pineal Region Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Three types are recognized: pineoblastoma, pineocytoma, and pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation (Adapted from WHO.)

(Pineal Parenchymal Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The tissue of the pineal gland.

(Pineal Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called pineal body and pineal organ.

(Pineal gland, NCI Dictionary)

A fluid filled sac within the pineal gland.

(Pineal Gland Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A meningioma that affects the pineal gland.

(Pineal Region Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Neoplasms that are located in the pineal gland.

(Pineal Region Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A fast growing type of brain tumor that occurs in or around the pineal gland, a tiny organ near the center of the brain.

(Pineoblastoma, NCI Dictionary)

A poorly differentiated malignant embryonal neoplasm arising from the pineal region.

(Pineoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)