PITUITARY BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pituitary body mean? 

• PITUITARY BODY (noun)
  The noun PITUITARY BODY has 1 sense:

1. the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

  Familiarity information: PITUITARY BODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITUITARY BODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypophysis; pituitary; pituitary body; pituitary gland

Hypernyms ("pituitary body" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Meronyms (parts of "pituitary body"):

hypophyseal stalk (the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus)

adenohypophysis; anterior pituitary; anterior pituitary gland (the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

neurohypophysis; pars nervosa; posterior pituitary; posterior pituitary gland (the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

Holonyms ("pituitary body" is a part of...):

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)