pituitary gland

English

Noun

pituitary gland (plural pituitary glands)

1. (anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.

   Synonyms: glandula pituitaria, hypophysis, master gland, pituitary body

Derived terms

• anterior pituitary gland
• posterior pituitary gland

Translations

an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism and maturation

• Armenian: հիպոֆիզ (hy) (hipofiz)
• Catalan: glàndula pituïtària f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 腦下垂體／脑下垂体 (nou⁵ haa⁶ seoi⁴ tai²)

  Mandarin: 腦下垂體／脑下垂体 (zh) (nǎoxiàchuítǐ), 垂體／垂体 (zh) (chuítǐ)

• Czech: podvěsek mozkový (cs) m, hypofýza (cs) f
• Dutch: hypofyse (nl)
• Esperanto: hipofizo
• Finnish: aivolisäke (fi)
• French: glande pituitaire f, hypophyse (fr) f
• Galician: glándula pituitaria f
• German: Hypophyse (de) f, Hirnanhangsdrüse f, Hirnanhangdrüse f, Hirnanhang m
• Hebrew: בלוטת יותרת המוח
• Hungarian: agyalapi mirigy (hu)
• Icelandic: heiladingull (is) m, dingull m
• Ido: hipofizo (io)
• Irish: faireog phiotútach f, hipifiseas m, hipifis f
• Italian: ipofisi (it) f, ghiandola pituitaria f
• Japanese: 下垂体 (かすいたい, kasuitai), 脳下垂体 (のうかすいたい, nōkasuitai)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hîpofîz f

• Latin: glandula pituitaria f
• Macedonian: хипофиза f (hipofiza)
• Maori: repe whakatupu, repe tupu
• Mongolian: өнчин тархи (önčin tarxi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hypofyse m

  Nynorsk: hypofyse m

• Polish: przysadka mózgowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipófise (pt)
• Romanian: hipofiză (ro) f, glandă hipofiză (ro) f
• Russian: гипо́физ (ru) m (gipófiz), питуита́рная железа́ f (pituitárnaja železá), мозгово́й прида́ток m (mozgovój pridátok), прида́ток мо́зга m (pridátok mózga)
• Spanish: glándula pituitaria f
• Swedish: hypofys (sv) c
• Thai: ต่อมใต้สมอง (dtɔ̀m-dtâi-sà-mɔ̌ɔng)
• Turkish: hipofiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіпо́фіз m (hipófiz), нижній придаток мозку m (nyžnij prydatok mozku)
• Vietnamese: tuyến yên

See also

• acromegaly
• adenohypophysis
• gigantism
• neurohypophysis

 

Further reading

• pituitary gland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia